Nucleospira ventricosa Hall 1857 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae

Alternative combinations: Nucleospira ventricosus, Spirifer ventricosus

Belongs to Nucleospira according to P. Musteikis and T. L. Modzalevskaya 2002

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974 and Jin and Chatterton 1997

Sister taxa: Nucleospira bellornata, Nucleospira concinna, Nucleospira cunctata, Nucleospira hecetensis, Nucleospira lentilca, Nucleospira pisum, Nucleospira subsphaerica, Nucleospira superata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Quebec, Yukon collections), China (3), United States (16: New York, Oklahoma)

• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)

• Silurian of United States (1: California)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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