Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Alternative combinations: Asgardaspira gerula, Lytospira gerulus
Full reference: D. M. Rohr. 1993. Middle Ordovician carrier shell Lytospira (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 67(6):959-962
Belongs to Asgardaspira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Rohr 1993, Rohr and Measures 2001 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Asgardaspira evolvens, Asgardaspira measuresae, Asgardaspira norvegica, Asgardaspira potteri, Asgardaspira rectangularis, Asgardaspira yochelsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Telsitna Fm., Medfra D-2 quadrangle, west-central AL, which is in a Llanvirn/Llandeilian marine wackestone/packstone in the Telsitna Formation of Alaska
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Telsitna Fm., Medfra D-2 quadrangle, west-central AL
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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