Cyrtospira tortilis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

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 Cyrtospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wilson 1951

Sister taxa: 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 ventricosus, Cyrtospira wykoffensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Murfreesboro, which is in an Ashbyan shallow subtidal wackestone/packstone in the Murfreesboro Limestone Formation of Tennessee

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Murfreesboro

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