Gyrospira Boucot 1956 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Full reference: A. J. Boucot. 1956. Gyrospira, a new genus of bellophontid (Gastropoda) from Bolivia. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2):46-47

Parent taxon: Carinaropsinae according to G.P. Wahlman 1992

See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carinaropsis, Merriamites, Pedasionlinae, Phragmosphaera

Subtaxa: Gyrospira tourteloti

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 3137. Chacorillo farm, ~6 km north of Kilometer 65 of Potosi-Sucre Rd (Ordovician of Bolivia)

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