Gyrospira tourteloti Boucot 1956 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Full reference: A. J. Boucot. 1956. Gyrospira, a new genus of bellophontid (Gastropoda) from Bolivia. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2):46-47

Belongs to Gyrospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Boucot 1956 and Knight et al. 1960

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 3137 Chacorillo farm, ~6 km north of Kilometer 65 of Potosi-Sucre Rd, which is in a Caradoc/Katian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Anzaldo Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 3137. Chacorillo farm, ~6 km north of Kilometer 65 of Potosi-Sucre Rd

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