Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combination: Schizolopha moorei
Synonyms: Paupospira gigantea Twenhofel 1928, Schizolopha gigantea Twenhofel 1928
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Belongs to Paupospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Twenhofel 1928, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Paupospira akpatokensis, Paupospira beatrice, Paupospira bowdeni, Paupospira burginensis, Paupospira circe, Paupospira elevata, Paupospira manitouliensis, Paupospira oweni, Paupospira soluta, Paupospira sumnerensis, Paupospira tenuistriata, Paupospira thebesensis, Paupospira trilineata, Paupospira tropidophora, Paupospira varians, Paupospira viator
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Quebec, Québec collections), United States (3: Indiana)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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