Kirengella expansus Stinchcomb 1986 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae

Alternative combination: Gasconadeoconus expansus

Full reference: B. L. Stinchcomb. 1986. New Monoplacophora (Mollusca) from Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician of Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 60(3):606-626

Belongs to Kirengella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Stinchcomb 1986 and Stinchcomb and Angeli 2002

Sister taxa: Kirengella alta, Kirengella ayaktchica, Kirengella kultavasaensis, Kirengella oregonensis, Kirengella pyramidalis, Kirengella rectilateralis, Kirengella stabilis, Kirengella washingtonense

Type specimen: USNM 313586, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Tremadoc of United States (2: Missouri collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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