Clisospira Billings 1865 (mollusk)

Paragastropoda - Mimospirida - Clisospiridae

Alternative spelling: Mimospira (Clisospira)

Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426

Parent taxon: Clisospirinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Knight et al. 1960, Koken and Perner 1925, Linsley and Kier 1984, Miller 1889 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ferrogyra, Paragalerus, Progalerus, Procrucibulum

Subtaxa: Clisospira bassleri Clisospira borkholmiensis Clisospira christianieae Clisospira curiosa Clisospira ellitsgaardi Clisospira ingrica Clisospira niuhsintaiensis Clisospira reticulata Clisospira rugosa

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Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (1: Tennessee collection)

• Uhaku of Sweden (1)

• Chazyan of United States (1: Vermont)

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (7), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Nevada)

• Cressagian of South Korea (1)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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