Spinulrichospira churkini Blodgett 1992 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combinations: Austroneilsonia churkini, Peruvispira churkini

Full reference: R. B. Blodgett. 1992. Taxonomy and paleobiogeographic affinities of an early Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Gastropod faunule from the Livengood Quadrangle, East-Central Alaska. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 221:125-168

Belongs to Spinulrichospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Blodgett 1992, Cook and Nützel 2005 and Frýda and Manda 1997

Sister taxon: Spinulrichospira cheeneetnukensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM Locality 38755- Cascaden Ridge, near Amy Dome, Livengood Quadrangle, which is in an Eifelian submarine fan siltstone in the Cascaden Formation of Alaska

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at USNM Locality 38755- Cascaden Ridge, near Amy Dome, Livengood Quadrangle

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