Fusispira schucherti 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 Ulrich and Scofield 1897

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vanuxemia beds, Beloit, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the McGregor Formation of Wisconsin

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vanuxemia beds, Beloit

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