Fusispira nobilis 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 Fusispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Schuchert 1900, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wilson 1951

Sister taxa: Fusispira angusta, Fusispira bullatus, Fusispira convexa, Fusispira daphne, Fusispira elongata, Fusispira gigantea, Fusispira inflata, Fusispira intermedia, Fusispira obesus, Fusispira ovalis, Fusispira planulata, Fusispira psyche, Fusispira schucherti, Fusispira spicula, Fusispira subbrevis, Fusispira subfusiformis, Fusispira sulcata, Fusispira terebriformis, Fusispira tsuchidai, Fusispira ventricosa, Fusispira vittata

Subtaxa: Fusispira nobilis ingens Fusispira nobilis medialis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (9: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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