Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative spelling: Knightites (Cymatospira)
Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1942. Four new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 16(4):487-488
Parent taxon: Knightitinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anapetopsis, Knightites, Patellilabia, Retispira
Subtaxa: Cymatospira alternodosa Cymatospira montfortianus Cymatospira welleri
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), United States (76: Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah)
Total: 78 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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