Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Full reference: B.J. Chronic. 1949. Invertebrate paleontology (excepting fuslinids and corals). Upper Paleozoic of Peru
Belongs to Peruvispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Batten 1989, Blodgett 1992, Chronic 1949, Chronic 1953 and Pan and Erwin 2002
Sister taxa: Peruvispira alticonica, Peruvispira australis, Peruvispira boreala, Peruvispira canningensis, Peruvispira carinata, Peruvispira coatesi, Peruvispira deornata, Peruvispira elegans, Peruvispira fletcheri, Peruvispira ganneyica, Peruvispira imbricata, Peruvispira kanchanaburiensis, Peruvispira kirillowensis, Peruvispira lingshuiensis, Peruvispira lochinvarensis, Peruvispira modesta, Peruvispira oklahomaensis, Peruvispira robusta, Peruvispira sueroi, Peruvispira turrita, Peruvispira umariensis, Peruvispira uralensis, Peruvispira vipersdorfensis, Peruvispira volupta, Pleurocinctosa promenata, Pleurocinctosa trifilata
Type specimen: AMNH 27005/2:1, a shell. Its type locality is AMNH301, Bed 32b, Rasuvilca Hills section 9, Pajege Canyon, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 4.63
Distribution:
• Permian of Bolivia (1 collection), Peru (6), United States (29: Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Texas)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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