Spiroscala pagoda Knight 1945 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1945. Some new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 19(6):573-587

Belongs to Spiroscala according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Hoare et al. 1997, Knight 1945 and Kues and Batten 2001

Sister taxa: Spiroscala acuminata, Spiroscala conoides, Spiroscala decorata, Spiroscala elegans, Spiroscala georgiannae, Spiroscala intermedia, Spiroscala intricata, Spiroscala pulchra, Spiroscala quasipulchra, Spiroscala rockymontana, Spiroscala shwedagoniformis, Spiroscala solida

Type specimen: Plummer Coll. P-4341, a shell. Its type locality is Loc. 181-T-43 (Q-5) ¼ to ½ mile west and north of Union Hill School, which is in a Missourian marine shale in the Mineral Wells Formation of Texas.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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