Cyrtospira bicurvata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081

Belongs to Cyrtospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Rohr 1980 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Sister taxa: Cyrtospira abbreviatus, Cyrtospira aequalis, Cyrtospira brevis, Cyrtospira directus, Cyrtospira funata, Cyrtospira granum, Cyrtospira huenei, Cyrtospira inexpectata, Cyrtospira lineatus, Cyrtospira nitens, Cyrtospira notata, Cyrtospira ornatus, Cyrtospira parvula, Cyrtospira raymondi, Cyrtospira tortilis, Cyrtospira ventricosus, Cyrtospira wykoffensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is High Bridge, Tyrone Fm., which is in a Rocklandian shallow subtidal limestone in the Tyrone Limestone Formation of Kentucky

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at High Bridge, Tyrone Fm.

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