Paupospira varians Billings 1857 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Alternative combinations: Lophospira varians, Murchisonia varians

Full reference: E. Billings. 1857. Report for the year 1856. Geological Survey of Canada - Report of Progress for the Years 1853-56 247-345

Belongs to Paupospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1857, Billings 1866 and Twenhofel 1928

Sister taxa: Paupospira akpatokensis, Paupospira beatrice, Paupospira bowdeni, Paupospira burginensis, Paupospira circe, Paupospira elevata, Paupospira manitouliensis, Paupospira moorei, Paupospira oweni, Paupospira soluta, Paupospira sumnerensis, Paupospira tenuistriata, Paupospira thebesensis, Paupospira trilineata, Paupospira tropidophora, Paupospira viator

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at English Head Section (Ordovician of Quebec)

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