Chlupacispira spinosa Blodgett and Rohr 1989 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Full reference: R. B. Blodgett and D. M. Rohr. 1989. Two new Devonian spine-bearing pleurotomariacean gastropod genera from Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 63(1):47-52

Belongs to Chlupacispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Blodgett and Rohr 1989

Sister taxon: Frillbeastia queenslandicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is 83RB9, south flank of Limestone Mountain, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Limestone Mountain Formation of Alaska

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at 83RB9, south flank of Limestone Mountain

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