Spiroscala georgiannae Kues and Batten 2001 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Full reference: B. S. Kues and R. L. Batten. 2001. Middle Pennsylvanian gastropods from the Flechado Formation, north-central New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 75(1, supp):1-95

Belongs to Spiroscala according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Karapunar and Nützel 2022 and Kues and Batten 2001

Sister taxa: Spiroscala acuminata, Spiroscala conoides, Spiroscala decorata, Spiroscala elegans, Spiroscala intermedia, Spiroscala intricata, Spiroscala pagoda, Spiroscala pulchra, Spiroscala quasipulchra, Spiroscala rockymontana, Spiroscala shwedagoniformis, Spiroscala solida

Type specimen: UNM 7013. Its type locality is Talpa, which is in a Desmoinesian delta front shale/sandstone in the Flechado Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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