Liospira vitruvia Billings 1865 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Alternative combination: Pleurotomaria vitruvia

Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426

Belongs to Liospira according to E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield 1897

See also Billings 1865, Pitcher 1939 and Wilson 1951

Sister taxa: Liospira aequalis, Liospira affinis, Liospira americana, Liospira angustata, Liospira biconvexa, Liospira cornovica, Liospira decipens, Liospira depressum, Liospira equilis, Liospira lenticularis, Liospira micula, Liospira modesta, Liospira numismale, Liospira obtusa, Liospira peneplana, Liospira perdepressa, Liospira persimilis, Liospira progne, Liospira robertsi, Liospira rossica, Liospira shohakuensis, Liospira simulans, Liospira stevensoni, Liospira striatula, Liospira subconcava, Liospira taihakuensis, Liospira uriconiensis, Liospira wesenbergense

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (13: British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (28: Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence

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