Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combination: Lophospira lirata
Synonyms: Lophospira aista Koken 1896, Lophospira aista prisca Koken and Perner 1925, Lophospira breviangulata Secrist and Evitt 1943, Ruedemannia aista Koken 1896, Ruedemannia breviangulata Secrist and Evitt 1943, Ruedemannia prisca Koken and Perner 1925, Worthenia aista Koken 1896, Worthenia aista prisca Koken and Perner 1925
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Belongs to Ruedemannia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Foerste 1914, Foerste 1923, Frýda and Manda 1997, Gubanov et al. 1995, Koken 1896, Koken 1897, Koken and Perner 1925, Secrist and Evitt 1943, Teichert 1932 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Ruedemannia aberrans, Ruedemannia bembexiformis, Ruedemannia borkholmiensis, Ruedemannia cognata, Ruedemannia crassior, Ruedemannia fristschi, Ruedemannia holmi, Ruedemannia humilis, Ruedemannia instabilis, Ruedemannia laevissima, Ruedemannia robusta, Ruedemannia sodalis, Ruedemannia striatula, Ruedemannia subrobusta, Ruedemannia tolli, Ruedemannia trilix
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (1: California collection)
• Ordovician of Estonia (3), Norway (1), United States (7: Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Virginia, Wisconsin)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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