Meekospira batteni Thein and Nitecki 1974 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae

Full reference: M.L. Thein and M.H. Nitecki. 1974. Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Gastropoda of the Illinois basin. Fieldiana: Geology, New Series 34:1-238

Belongs to Meekospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Thein and Nitecki 1974

Sister taxa: Meekospira acrolopha, Meekospira bambooformis, Meekospira baytuganensis, Meekospira choctawensis, Meekospira delgada, Meekospira evansvillensis, Meekospira knighti, Meekospira ligoni, Meekospira louisvillae, Meekospira mansuyi, Meekospira melanoides, Meekospira mimiae, Meekospira minuta, Meekospira mississippiensis, Meekospira peracuta, Meekospira solenisciforma, Meekospira sulcata, Meekospira symmetrica

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Locality 14. Along stream & dirt road, 1½ miles south of Marigold (Carboniferous of Illinois)

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