Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combinations: Loxoplocus (Lophospira) milleri, Murchisonia milleri
Synonyms: Eunema ventricosa Yü 1961, Lophospira aspera Billings 1859, Lophospira bicincta Hall 1847, Lophospira compressa Endo 1935, Lophospira curvistriata Koken and Perner 1925, Lophospira excavata Donald 1906, Lophospira initialis Koken 1897, Lophospira kentlandensis Shrock and Raasch 1937, Lophospira medialis Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Lophospira minuta Wilson 1938, Lophospira oweni kentlandensis Shrock and Raasch 1937, Lophospira perfecta Koken and Perner 1925, Lophospira procera Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Lophospira seelyi Raymond 1908, Lophospira tienshanensis Yü 1961, Murchisonia asper Billings 1859, Murchisonia bicincta Hall 1847, Worthenia initialis Koken 1897, Worthenia perfecta Koken and Perner 1925
Full reference: S. A. Miller. 1877. The American Palaeozoic fossils: a catologue of the genera and species. 2nd ed. 1-293
Belongs to Lophospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bassler 1919, Billings 1859, Donald 1906, Endo 1935, Hall 1847, Knight 1941, Knight and Bridge 1944, Koken 1897, Koken and Perner 1925, Lesley 1889, Liberty 1969, Meek and Worthen 1868, Miller 1877, Raymond 1908, Shrock and Raasch 1937, Steele and Sinclair 1971, Teichert 1932, Tofel and Bretsky 1987, Twenhofel 1938, Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Wagner 1995, Wagner 1999, Walcott 1884, Whiteaves 1892, Whitfield 1886, Wilson 1938, Wilson 1951 and Yü 1961
Sister taxa: Lophospira abnormis, Lophospira alata, Lophospira alternans, Lophospira angulata, Lophospira bilirata, Lophospira billingsi, Lophospira calcifera, Lophospira concurrens, Lophospira conoidea, Lophospira decursa, Lophospira depauperata, Lophospira dubia, Lophospira ferruginea, Lophospira gumbinense, Lophospira gyrogonia, Lophospira infausta, Lophospira infirma, Lophospira jaekeli, Lophospira kinosakii, Lophospira kuckersiana, Lophospira lyckholmiensis, Lophospira major, Lophospira manitoulinensis, Lophospira mickwitzi, Lophospira modesta, Lophospira obliqua, Lophospira ozakii, Lophospira pagoda, Lophospira perangulata, Lophospira producta, Lophospira rectistriata, Lophospira sandbiana, Lophospira selecta, Lophospira serrulata, Lophospira shallockensis, Lophospira spironema, Lophospira subalata, Lophospira subglobosa, Lophospira superba, Lophospira terrassa, Lophospira tesakovi, Lophospira trispiralis, Lophospira variablis, Lophospira ventricosa
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (2: Virginia collections)
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (1: Vermont)
• Ordovician of Canada (15: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), China (1), Estonia (5), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (31: California, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 60 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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