Deacheospira hotzi Rohr 1980

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combination: Mourlonia hotzi

Full reference: D. M. Rohr. 1980. Ordovician - Devonian Gastropoda from the Klamath Mountains, California. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 171:141-199

Belongs to Deacheospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Rohr 1980 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Deacheospira egens, Deacheospira elliptica, Deacheospira hyperboraea, Deacheospira inflata, Deacheospira maritima, Deacheospira mjoesa, Deacheospira oriens, Deacheospira speciosa, Deaechospira rotunda

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM 18128. Small outcrops in brush, slightly south of top of ridge, 4550’ elev, which is in a Llandeilo carbonate limestone/conglomerate in the Kangaroo Creek Formation of California.

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Sweden (1 collection), United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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