Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Full reference: A. Nützel and H.-Z. Pan. 2005. Late Paleozozoic evolution of the Caenogastropoda: larval shell morphology and implications for the Permian/Triassic mass extinction event. Journal of Paleontology 79(6):1175-1188
Belongs to Meekospira according to A. Nützel and H.-Z. Pan 2005
Sister taxa: Meekospira acrolopha, Meekospira bambooformis, Meekospira batteni, Meekospira baytuganensis, Meekospira choctawensis, Meekospira delgada, Meekospira evansvillensis, Meekospira knighti, Meekospira ligoni, Meekospira louisvillae, Meekospira mansuyi, Meekospira melanoides, Meekospira mimiae, Meekospira minuta, Meekospira mississippiensis, Meekospira peracuta, Meekospira sulcata, Meekospira symmetrica
Type specimen: USNM 127726. Its type locality is Matan M40, Heshan, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Heshan Formation of China.
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution: found only at Matan M40, Heshan
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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