Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1931. The gastropods of the St. Louis, Missouri, Pennsylvanian outlier: the Subulitidae. Journal of Paleontology 5(3):177-229
Belongs to Ceraunocochlis according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Erwin 1988, Hoare et al. 1997, Knight 1931, Knight 1941, Kues and Batten 2001 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Ceraunocochlis australis, Ceraunocochlis blatta, Ceraunocochlis deformis, Ceraunocochlis elongata, Ceraunocochlis gracilis, Ceraunocochlis kidderi, Ceraunocochlis polyphemoides, Ceraunocochlis subulata, Ceraunocochlis tenuis, Ceraunocochlis trekensis
Type specimen: YPM 13163, a shell. Its type locality is SL-1. Headwaters of Feefee Creek, north of Olive St. & west of Lindberg Blvd., 1.5 km northwest of Stratmann (Olivette), which is in a Moscovian offshore shale in the Appanoose Formation of Missouri.
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Missouri, New Mexico collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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