Decorospira tasselli 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 rigbyi, Decorospira tricinctus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS 10063-SD. 3 m. thick silicified bed 82 m. below top of formation. (Devonian of Alaska)

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