Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Full reference: S. Weller. 1916. Description of the Ste. Genevieve limestone fauna from Monroe County, Illinois. Contributions of the Walker Museum, University of Chicago 1:243-265
Belongs to Meekospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Jeffery et al. 1994, Thein and Nitecki 1974 and Weller 1916
Sister taxa: Meekospira acrolopha, Meekospira bambooformis, Meekospira batteni, Meekospira baytuganensis, Meekospira choctawensis, Meekospira delgada, Meekospira evansvillensis, Meekospira knighti, Meekospira ligoni, Meekospira louisvillae, Meekospira mansuyi, Meekospira melanoides, Meekospira mimiae, Meekospira mississippiensis, Meekospira peracuta, Meekospira solenisciforma, Meekospira sulcata, Meekospira symmetrica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Ste. Genevieve Formation of Illinois.
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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