Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Full reference: E. L. Yochelson and C.R. Jones. 1968. Teiichispira, a new early Ordovician gastropod genus. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 613(B):1-15
Parent taxon: Maclureadae according to P. J. Wagner 1999
See also Linsley and Kier 1984, Sepkoski 2002 and Yochelson and Jones 1968
Sister taxa: Maclurina, Macluritella, Maclurites, Monitorella, Palliseria, Rousseauspira, Zhuozishanospira
Subtaxa: Teiichispira affinis Teiichispira auricula Teiichispira cornucopiae Teiichispira emmonsi Teiichispira nanus Teiichispira odenvillensis Teiichispira ponderosa Teiichispira similis Teiichispira tofangoense Teiichispira zonata
Type: Teiichispira kobayashi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (2: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador collections), United States (3: Nevada)
• Fennian of Malaysia (3), Thailand (1)
• Arenig of Australia (1)
• Ordovician of Australia (5), Canada (5: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), Greenland (1), Norway (1), United States (20: Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 42 collections including 45 occurrences
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