Lecanospira lecanospiroides Bridge and Cloud 1947

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae

Alternative combinations: Barnesella lecanospiroides, Burnesella lecanospiroides

Full reference: J. Bridge and P.E. Cloud. 1947. New gastropods and trilobites critical in the correlation of Lower Ordovician rocks. The American Journal of Science 245:545-559

Belongs to Lecanospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Bridge and Cloud 1947, Kobayashi 1955, Rohr and Measures 2001 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Lecanospira biconcava, Lecanospira carinata, Lecanospira compacta, Lecanospira conferta, Lecanospira depressa, Lecanospira nerine, Lecanospira perplana, Lecanospira sanctisabae, Lecanospira soluta, Lecanospira tasmanensis, Lecanospira transitionis, Lecanospira transversocordatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is TF-244, 2.8 miles south 62˚east of Chappell, San Saba County, which is in a Jeffersonian carbonate limestone in the Honeycut Formation of Texas

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Alberta collection)

• Jeffersonian of United States (4: Texas)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.