Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combination: Lophospira manitouliensis
Synonyms: Lophospira gamachiana Twenhofel 1928, Paupospira gamachiana Twenhofel 1928
Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138(121):1-99
Belongs to Paupospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Copper and Grawbarger 1978, Foerste 1924 and Twenhofel 1928
Sister taxa: Paupospira akpatokensis, Paupospira beatrice, Paupospira bowdeni, Paupospira burginensis, Paupospira circe, Paupospira elevata, Paupospira moorei, Paupospira oweni, Paupospira soluta, Paupospira sumnerensis, Paupospira tenuistriata, Paupospira thebesensis, Paupospira trilineata, Paupospira tropidophora, Paupospira varians, Paupospira viator
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (6: Ontario, Québec collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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