Yochelsonospira nauvooensis Worthen 1884 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria nauvooensis, Worthenia (Yochelsonospira) nauvooensis

Full reference: A. H. Worthen. 1884. Descriptions of two new species of Crustacea, fifty-one species of Mollusca, and three species of Crinoids, from the Carboniferous formations of Illinois and adjacent states. Bulletin of the Illinois State Museum of Natural History 2:1-27

Belongs to Yochelsonospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Gordon and Yochelson 1987, Worthen 1884 and Worthen 1890

Sister taxa: Worthenia (Yochelsonospira) kuesi, Yochelsonospira gairensis, Yochelsonospira mississippiensis, Yochelsonospira monensis, Yochelsonospira northviewensis, Yochelsonospira tenuilineata, Yochelsonospira thomasi

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Yochelsonospira nauvooensis in the database

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