Boucotspira Rohr 1980 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae

Full reference: D. M. Rohr. 1980. Ordovician - Devonian Gastropoda from the Klamath Mountains, California. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 171:141-199

Parent taxon: Helicotominae according to P. J. Wagner 1999

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphelissa, Boucotspira, Helicotoma, Lophonema, Ophiletina, Palaeomphalus, Paraviviana, Yochelsoniella

Subtaxa: Boucotspira antelopensis Boucotspira carinifer Boucotspira fimbriata Boucotspira lamellosus Boucotspira ordovicus Boucotspira ozawai Boucotspira wisbyensis

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Type: Boucotspira fimbriata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Sweden (4 collections)

• Whiterockian of United States (3: Nevada)

• Ordovician of Estonia (2), Greenland (1), North Korea (1), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (9: Alaska, California)

Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences

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