Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combinations: Loxoplocus (Lophospira) ventricosa, Murchisonia ventricosa
Synonym: Lophospira conradana Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Full reference: J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338
Belongs to Lophospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bassler 1915, Bretsky 1969, Emmons 1855, Hall 1847, Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Whitfield 1882, Whitfield 1886 and Wilson 1951
Sister taxa: Lophospira abnormis, Lophospira alata, Lophospira alternans, Lophospira angulata, Lophospira bilirata, Lophospira billingsi, Lophospira calcifera, Lophospira concurrens, Lophospira conoidea, Lophospira decursa, Lophospira depauperata, Lophospira dubia, Lophospira ferruginea, Lophospira gumbinense, Lophospira gyrogonia, Lophospira infausta, Lophospira infirma, Lophospira jaekeli, Lophospira kinosakii, Lophospira kuckersiana, Lophospira lyckholmiensis, Lophospira major, Lophospira manitoulinensis, Lophospira mickwitzi, Lophospira milleri, Lophospira modesta, Lophospira obliqua, Lophospira ozakii, Lophospira pagoda, Lophospira perangulata, Lophospira producta, Lophospira rectistriata, Lophospira sandbiana, Lophospira selecta, Lophospira serrulata, Lophospira shallockensis, Lophospira spironema, Lophospira subalata, Lophospira subglobosa, Lophospira superba, Lophospira terrassa, Lophospira tesakovi, Lophospira trispiralis, Lophospira variablis
Ecology: epifaunal herbivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (9: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (14: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Wisconsin)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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