Frodospira tortuosa Lindström 1884

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Alternative combinations: Lophospira tortuosa, Murchisonia tortuosa

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 cochleata, Frodospira imbricata, Frodospira munda

Type specimen: Its type locality is Stora Vede, which is in a Sheinwoodian deep subtidal ramp limestone/marl in the Slite Beds Formation of Sweden

Distribution: found only at Stora Vede

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