Cyrtospira directus Foerste 1893 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Alternative combination: Subulites directus

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1893. Fossils of the Clinton group in Ohio and Indiana. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio 7(5):516-597

Belongs to Cyrtospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Foerste 1893 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Sister taxa: Cyrtospira abbreviatus, Cyrtospira aequalis, Cyrtospira bicurvata, Cyrtospira brevis, Cyrtospira funata, Cyrtospira granum, Cyrtospira huenei, Cyrtospira inexpectata, Cyrtospira lineatus, Cyrtospira nitens, Cyrtospira notata, Cyrtospira ornatus, Cyrtospira parvula, Cyrtospira raymondi, Cyrtospira tortilis, Cyrtospira ventricosus, Cyrtospira wykoffensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (2: Ohio collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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