{"id":4389,"date":"2014-01-07T18:05:43","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T23:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4389"},"modified":"2016-09-28T22:41:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T02:41:08","slug":"lophospira","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/gastropoda\/murchisoniina\/lophospiridae\/lophospira\/","title":{"rendered":"Lophospira<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Mollusca <\/a>
\nClass: Gastropoda<\/a>
\nOrder: Murchisoniina<\/a>
\nFamily: Lophospiridae <\/a>
\nGenus: Lophospira<\/em> Whitfield, 1886
\nCincinnatian Species: Lophospira ampla <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nLower Ordovician – Silurian<\/p>\n

Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
\nLophospira<\/em> is an extinct genus of epifaunal herbivores<\/p>\n

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

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  • Outer whole face flattened<\/li>\n
  • Ornament sinous spiral cords with tubercles at shoulder<\/li>\n
  • Closely coiled whorls<\/li>\n
  • Elevated spires<\/li>\n
  • Very small umbilicus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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