{"id":3295,"date":"2013-12-13T17:22:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T22:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=3295"},"modified":"2016-09-28T22:38:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T02:38:21","slug":"clathospira","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/gastropoda\/murchisoniina\/eotomariidae\/clathospira\/","title":{"rendered":"Clathrospira<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
\n

Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Mollusca <\/a>
\nClass: Gastropoda<\/a>
\nOrder: Murchisoniina<\/a>
\nFamily: Eotomariidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Clathrospira<\/em> Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
\nCincinnatian Species: Clathrospira conica<\/a><\/em>,
\nClathrospira subconica<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
[accordions title=”” disabled=”false” active=”1″ autoheight=”false” collapsible=”true”] [accordion title=”Taxonomic Details”]Formerly<\/strong>: Previousley Pleurotomaria<\/em>(Hall 1847), now known as Clathrospira<\/em>(Ulrich and Scofield, 1897)<\/p>\n

[\/accordion] [\/accordions]<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nMid-Ordovician \u2013 Silurian<\/p>\n

Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
\nClathospira<\/em> is an extinct genus of facultatively mobile, epifaunal suspension feeders<\/p>\n

Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Turbiniform<\/li>\n
  • Moderatly spired<\/li>\n
  • Prosocline growth lines<\/li>\n
  • Sutures shallow<\/li>\n
  • Growth lines lean toward the growth direction when above the selenizone and lean away from the direction of growth below it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
    <\/div>\n
    \n

    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

    <\/div>