Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Alternative combination: Fusispira convexis
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Belongs to Fusispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Sloan and Webers 1987, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wilson 1951
Sister taxa: Fusispira angusta, Fusispira bullatus, Fusispira daphne, Fusispira elongata, Fusispira gigantea, Fusispira inflata, Fusispira intermedia, Fusispira nobilis, Fusispira obesus, Fusispira ovalis, Fusispira planulata, Fusispira psyche, Fusispira schucherti, Fusispira spicula, Fusispira subbrevis, Fusispira subfusiformis, Fusispira sulcata, Fusispira terebriformis, Fusispira tsuchidai, Fusispira ventricosa, Fusispira vittata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario collections), United States (10: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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