Cyrtospira wykoffensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Alternative combinations: Cyrtolites wykoffensis, Subulites (Cyrtospira) wykoffensis

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, Sloan and Webers 1987 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Sister taxa: Cyrtospira abbreviatus, Cyrtospira aequalis, Cyrtospira bicurvata, 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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (10: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota collections)

Total: 10 collections including 17 occurrences

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