Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Alternative spelling: Subulites (Cyrtospira)
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: Subulitidae according to A. Nützel et al. 2000
See also Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Balbiniconcha, Eroicaspira, Fusispira, Subulites, Subulitinae
Subtaxa: Cyrtospira abbreviatus Cyrtospira aequalis Cyrtospira bicurvata Cyrtospira brevis Cyrtospira directus Cyrtospira funata Cyrtospira granum Cyrtospira huenei Cyrtospira inexpectata Cyrtospira lineatus Cyrtospira nitens Cyrtospira notata Cyrtospira ornatus Cyrtospira parvula Cyrtospira raymondi Cyrtospira tortilis Cyrtospira ventricosus Cyrtospira wykoffensis
Type: Cyrtospira tortilis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (2: Ontario collections), the Czech Republic (2), Sweden (1), United States (4: Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin)
• Chazyan of United States (3: New York)
• Ordovician of Canada (6: Ontario, Quebec, Québec), Norway (1), Sweden (1), United States (13: Alaska, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee)
Total: 33 collections including 42 occurrences
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