Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combinations: Lophospira cancellatula, Murchisonia cancellatula
Full reference: A. Sedgwick and F. M'Coy. 1855. A synopsis of the clasification of the British Palaeozoic rocks (Sedgwick) with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (M'Coy) 1-661
Belongs to Arjamannia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Longstaff 1924, Peel 1975, Peel 1977, Sedgwick and M'Coy 1855, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Arjamannia aulangonensis, Arjamannia bellicarinata, Arjamannia inexpectans, Arjamannia pteronoides, Arjamannia sybellina, Arjamannia thraivensis, Arjamannia turrita, Arjamannia woodlandi
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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