Trepospira Ulrich and Scofield 1897 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative spellings: Baylea (Trepospira), Pleurotomaria (Trepospira)

Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081

Parent taxon: Gosseletininae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Elias 1958, Karapunar and Nützel 2022, Knight et al. 1960, Reed 1944, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Sister taxa: Ambozone, Angyomphalus, Arizonella, Breizospira, Callistadia, Calvibembexia, Campbellospira, Champernownia, Chlupacispira, Deseretospirides, Devonorhineoderma, Dictyobembix, Dictyotomaria, Ehlersina, Eoangyomphalus, Fridolinata, Genuspira, Glabrocingulides, Globodoma, Glyptotomaria, Gosseletina, Guizhouspira, Kozelconcha, Lentipleura, Naticasinus, Nemaspira, Paffratholoron, Platyloron, Pragoloron, Ptychomphalides, Spiroraphe, Spirovallum, Stenoloron, Umbotropis, Westralospira, Whidbornia, Zlichomphalina

Subtaxa: Pleurotomaria (Trepospira) chitralensis Pleurotomaria (Trepospira) hunica Trepospira (Trepospira) Trepospira discoidalis Trepospira illinoisensis Trepospira kentuckiensis Trepospira sphaerulata

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Type: Pleurotomaria sphaerulata

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Permian of India (1 collection), Pakistan (5)

• Carboniferous of Peru (2), United States (142: Alaska, California, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas)

• Silurian of China (1)

Total: 151 collections including 158 occurrences

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