Decorospira rigbyi Blodgett and Johnson 1992 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae

Full reference: R. B. Blodgett and J. G. Johnson. 1992. Early Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Gastropods of Central Nevada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 222:85-139

Belongs to Decorospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Blodgett and Johnson 1992 and Frýda and Blodgett 2004

Sister taxa: Decorospira gilberti, Decorospira lepaini, Decorospira minutula, Decorospira nodosa, Decorospira tasselli, Decorospira tricinctus

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM 108029100 feet ESE of Western Peak, Roberts Mountains, which is in an Eifelian marine packstone in the Denay Limestone Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (2: Nevada collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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