†Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1876 (turret shell)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1876. Notes on American Cretaceous Fossils with Descriptions of Some New Species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:276-324
Belongs to Laxispira according to N. F. Sohl 1960
See also Gabb 1876 and Sohl 1964
Sister taxa: Laxispira monilifera, Laxispira trochleata
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (30: Delaware, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas collections)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
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