Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Synonym: Frillbeastia Cook and Camilleri 1997
Full reference: R. B. Blodgett and D. M. Rohr. 1989. Two new Devonian spine-bearing pleurotomariacean gastropod genera from Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 63(1):47-52
Parent taxon: Gosseletininae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Blodgett and Rohr 1989, Cook and Camilleri 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ambozone, Angyomphalus, Arizonella, Breizospira, Callistadia, Calvibembexia, Campbellospira, Champernownia, Deseretospirides, Devonorhineoderma, Dictyobembix, Dictyotomaria, Ehlersina, Eoangyomphalus, Fridolinata, Genuspira, Glabrocingulides, Globodoma, Glyptotomaria, Gosseletina, Guizhouspira, Kozelconcha, Lentipleura, Naticasinus, Nemaspira, Paffratholoron, Platyloron, Pragoloron, Ptychomphalides, Spiroraphe, Spirovallum, Stenoloron, Trepospira, Umbotropis, Westralospira, Whidbornia, Zlichomphalina
Subtaxa: Chlupacispira spinosa Frillbeastia queenslandicus
Type: Chlupacispira spinosa
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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