Biology:Frodospira cochleata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Frodospira cochleata Temporal range: Silurian
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| Superfamily: | †Trochonematoidea
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| Genus: | †Frodospira
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| Species: | †F. cochleata
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| Frodospira cochleata (Lindström, 1884)[1]
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Lophospira cochleata (Lindström, 1884) | |
Frodospira cochleata is a species of extinct sea snail in the family Lophospiridae. Fossil specimens from 422.9 and 421.3 million years ago[2] have been found in Sweden at Grogarnsberget, Hemse, and Sandarve kulle, in a hill about a kilometer north of Fardhem Church.[3] A species of epifaunal filter feeder,[2] it had a slender, turriculate shell consisting of twelve to thirteen whorls.[4]
References
- ↑ "Repository "uBio NameBank"". http://gni.globalnames.org/data_sources/2?search_term=Frodospira+cochleata&commit=Search.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Frodospira cochleata". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=57153.
- ↑ Manten, A. A. (1971). Silurian reefs of Gotland. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. pp. 66 & 383. ISBN 0-444-40706-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=InkJkJNKAsgC&q=Murchisonia+cochleata&pg=PA383. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- ↑ Lindström, Gustaf (1881). On the Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Stockholm: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. p. 134. https://books.google.com/books?id=lRE0AQAAMAAJ&q=Murchisonia+cochleata&pg=PA133. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q18356473 entry
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