Decorospira Blodgett and Johnson 1992 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae

Full reference: R. B. Blodgett and J. G. Johnson. 1992. Early Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Gastropods of Central Nevada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 222:85-139

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

See also Blodgett and Frýda 1999, Blodgett and Johnson 1992 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dongiovannia, Dutrochus, Roemeriella

Subtaxa: Decorospira gilberti Decorospira lepaini Decorospira minutula Decorospira nodosa Decorospira rigbyi Decorospira tasselli Decorospira tricinctus

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Type: Decorospira tasselli

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (4: Alaska, Nevada collections)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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