Alternative combinations: Eunema speciosum, Longstaffia speciosum, Nodonema speciosum
Synonyms: Eunema filicostatum Spriestersbach 1942, Gyronema filicostata Spriestersbach 1942, Kitikamispira filicostata Spriestersbach 1942, Trochonema (Eunema) filicostata Spriestersbach 1942
Full reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1892. The fossils of the Devonian rocks of the islands, shores or immediate vicinity of Lakes Manitoba and Winnipegosis. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 1(1):255-359
Belongs to Kitikamispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bandel and Geldmacher 1996, Blodgett 1992, Karczewski 1980, Radabaugh 1942, Spriestersbach 1942, Wagner 1999 and Whiteaves 1892
Sister taxa: Kitikamispira bellense, Kitikamispira bicostatus, Kitikamispira concinna, Kitikamispira crenulistriata, Kitikamispira granosus, Kitikamispira hamiltoniae, Kitikamispira kanekoi, Kitikamispira minuitinodosa, Kitikamispira minutiforma, Kitikamispira monroei, Kitikamispira multistriata, Kitikamispira ormistoni, Kitikamispira perstrialis, Kitikamispira tubericosta, Kitikamispira ukalundensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (3: Manitoba collections), United States (7: Michigan)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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