Meekospira mississippiensis 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 Kues and Batten 2001 and Thein and Nitecki 1974

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 minuta, Meekospira peracuta, Meekospira solenisciforma, Meekospira sulcata, Meekospira symmetrica

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Locality 9. Southwest side of hill 1ΒΌ miles southwest Claxton (Carboniferous of Kentucky)

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