Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combinations: Lophospira tropidophora, Pleurotomaria (Lophospira) tropidophora, Pleurotomaria (Scalites) tropidophora, Scalites tropidophora, Schizolopha tropidophora
Synonyms: Lophospira acutocarinata Twenhofel 1928, Lophospira ampla Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Lophospira expansa Secrist and Evitt 1943, Lophospira perlamellosus Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Paupospira expansa Secrist and Evitt 1943, Paupospira perlamellosus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1873. Descriptions of the invertebrate fossils of the Silurian and Devonian systems. Geological Survey of Ohio 1(2):1-243
Belongs to Paupospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Foerste 1924, Frey 1987, Meek 1873, Perner 1911, Secrist and Evitt 1943, Twenhofel 1928, Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Wagner 1995 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Paupospira akpatokensis, Paupospira beatrice, Paupospira bowdeni, Paupospira burginensis, Paupospira circe, Paupospira elevata, Paupospira manitouliensis, Paupospira moorei, Paupospira oweni, Paupospira soluta, Paupospira sumnerensis, Paupospira tenuistriata, Paupospira thebesensis, Paupospira trilineata, Paupospira varians, Paupospira viator
Subtaxa: Pleurotomaria (Lophospira) tropidophora nuda
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (9: Ontario, Québec collections), the Czech Republic (1), United States (23: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 33 collections including 35 occurrences
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