Spiroscala Knight 1945 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1945. Some new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 19(6):573-587

Parent taxon: Eotomariinae according to B. Karapunar and A. Nützel 2022

See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Clathrospira, Eocryptaenia, Eotomaria, Eotomariides, Euconospira, Palaeoschisma, Ptychomphalinides, Ptychonema, Spirotomaria

Subtaxa: Spiroscala acuminata Spiroscala conoides Spiroscala decorata Spiroscala elegans Spiroscala georgiannae Spiroscala intermedia Spiroscala intricata Spiroscala pagoda Spiroscala pulchra Spiroscala quasipulchra Spiroscala rockymontana Spiroscala shwedagoniformis Spiroscala solida

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Type: Spiroscala pagoda

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Greece (1 collection), Japan (4), the Russian Federation (1), United States (14: Texas)

• Carboniferous of Poland (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (11: Indiana, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Devonian of Germany (1)

Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences

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