Peruvispira boreala Beus and Lane 1969 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Full reference: S. S. Beus and N. G. Lane. 1969. Middle Pennsylvanian fossils from Indian Springs, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 43(4):986-1000

Belongs to Peruvispira according to S. S. Beus and N. G. Lane 1969

Sister taxa: Peruvispira alticonica, Peruvispira australis, Peruvispira canningensis, Peruvispira carinata, Peruvispira coatesi, Peruvispira delicata, 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: Its type locality is UCLA loc4426, Indian Springs, which is in a Moscovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bird Spring Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at UCLA loc. 4426, Indian Springs

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