Euconospira turbiniformis Meek and Worthen 1860 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Alternative combination: Pleurotomaria turbiniformis

Synonym: Euconospira bicarinata McChesney 1859 [replaced name]

Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1860. Description of new Carboniferous fossils from Illinois and other western states. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12:447-472

Belongs to Euconospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Hoare et al. 1997, Kues 1996, Kues and Batten 2001, Meek and Worthen 1860, Meek and Worthen 1866, Raymond 1910, Raymond 1911, Sturgeon 1964, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967

Sister taxa: Euconispira bicarinata, Euconospira conica, Euconospira conimorpha, Euconospira conula, Euconospira cryptolirata, Euconospira desereti, Euconospira disjuncta, Euconospira elegantula, Euconospira elongata, Euconospira equisita, Euconospira halliana, Euconospira hermosana, Euconospira missouriensis, Euconospira neptuni, Euconospira nipponica, Euconospira nodosa, Euconospira obsoleta, Euconospira perlimbata, Euconospira planoconvexa, Euconospira skuini, Euconospira spiroperforata, Euconospira striatula, Euconospira sturgeoni, Euconospira trochiformis, Euconospira varizona, Euconospira waterlooensis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (7: New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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