Meekospira mimiae Erwin 1988 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae

Full reference: D. H. Erwin. 1988. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States: Subulitacea. Journal of Paleontology 62(1):56-69

Belongs to Meekospira according to D. H. Erwin 1988

Sister taxa: Meekospira acrolopha, Meekospira bambooformis, Meekospira batteni, Meekospira baytuganensis, Meekospira choctawensis, Meekospira delgada, Meekospira evansvillensis, Meekospira knighti, Meekospira ligoni, Meekospira louisvillae, Meekospira mansuyi, Meekospira melanoides, Meekospira minuta, Meekospira mississippiensis, Meekospira peracuta, Meekospira solenisciforma, Meekospira sulcata, Meekospira symmetrica

Type specimen: USNM 400677, a shell. Its type locality is USNM712f, Ruddy Tank, Hueco Mountains, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hueco Formation of Texas.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (4: New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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