Frodospira cochleata Lindström 1884 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Alternative combinations: Lophospira cochleata, Murchisonia cochleata

Full reference: G. Lindström. 1884. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19:1-250

Belongs to Frodospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Lindström 1884, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Frodospira imbricata, Frodospira munda, Frodospira tortuosa

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Sandarve Kulle, steep hillock 1 km north of Fardhem Church (Silurian of Sweden)

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