Worthenia (Yochelsonospira) kuesi Karapunar and Nützel 2022 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Full reference: B. Karapunar and A. Nützel. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Taxonomy and diversity of slit-band gastropods (Order Pleurotomariida) and some slit bearing Caenogastropoda from the Pennsylvanian of the USA. Papers in Palaeontology 8(e1417)

Belongs to Worthenia (Yochelsonospira) according to B. Karapunar and A. Nützel 2022

Sister taxa: Yochelsonospira gairensis, Yochelsonospira mississippiensis, Yochelsonospira monensis, Yochelsonospira nauvooensis, Yochelsonospira northviewensis, Yochelsonospira tenuilineata, Yochelsonospira thomasi

Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG 2020 LX 1, a shell. Its type locality is OKD-14 Lake Holdenville, which is in a Desmoinesian marine shale in the Wetumka Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at OKD-14 Lake Holdenville

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