Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Full reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1964. Modestospira, a new Ordovician gastropod. Journal of Paleontology 38(5):891-898
Parent taxon: Sinuitinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Runnegar and Jell 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Yochelson 1964
Sister taxa: Branzovodiscus, Hispanosinuites, Selesinuites, Sinuites
Subtaxa: Modestospira kochiriensis Modestospira lamellosa Modestospira llanvirnensis Modestospira perturbatus Modestospira poulseni Modestospira squamosa
Type: Modestospira poulseni
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Fennian of Thailand (1 collection)
• Hunderum of Denmark (1)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Ordovician of China (1), North Korea (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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