Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative spelling: Murchisonia (Ectomaria)
Synonym: Solenospira Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Full reference: E. Koken. 1896. Die Leitfossilien. Ein Handbuch für den Unterricht und für das Bestimmen von Versteinerungen 1-848
Parent taxon: Lophospiridae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight et al. 1960, Perner 1907, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Arjamannia, Biarmeaspira, Donaldiella, Frodospira, Gyronematinae, Hanusispira, Kawanamia, Longstaffia, Lophospira, Lophospirinae, Loxoplocus, Manzanospira, Paupospira, Platyworthenia, Ptychozone, Ruedemannia, Ruedemanniinae, Ruedemanninae, Triredimiculum, Yiningicus, Yochelsonospira
Subtaxa: Ectomaria adelina Ectomaria adventa Ectomaria callahanensis Ectomaria nieszkowskii Ectomaria orientalis Ectomaria pagoda Ectomaria prisca Solenospira multicostata
Type: Murchisonia nieszkowskii
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Alaska)
• Silurian of United States (1: Michigan and Ohio)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Tennessee)
• Arenig of China (1), Greenland (1)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (5: Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), China (1), Estonia (3), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (36: Alaska, California, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee)
• Canadian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
Total: 60 collections including 68 occurrences
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