Lecanospira transversocordatus Stauffer 1937 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae

Alternative combination: Eccyliomphalus transversocordatus

Full reference: C. R. Stauffer. 1937. A diminutive fauna from the Shakopee Dolomite (Ordovician) at Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Journal of Paleontology 11(1):55-60

Belongs to Lecanospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Stauffer 1937

Sister taxa: Lecanospira biconcava, Lecanospira carinata, Lecanospira compacta, Lecanospira conferta, Lecanospira depressa, Lecanospira lecanospiroides, Lecanospira nerine, Lecanospira perplana, Lecanospira sanctisabae, Lecanospira soluta, Lecanospira tasmanensis, Lecanospira transitionis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cannon Falls, which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone in the Shakopee Formation of Minnesota

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cannon Falls

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