Frodospira cochleata

Frodospira cochleata is a species of extinct sea snail in the family Lophospiridae. Fossil specimens from 422.9 and 421.3 million years ago[2] have been found in Sweden at Grogarnsberget, Hemse, and Sandarve kulle, in a hill about a kilometer north of Fardhem Church.[3] A species of epifaunal filter feeder,[2] it had a slender, turriculate shell consisting of twelve to thirteen whorls.[4]

Frodospira cochleata
Temporal range: Silurian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Superfamily:
†Trochonematoidea
Family:
†Lophospiridae
Genus:
†Frodospira
Species:
†F. cochleata
Binomial name
Frodospira cochleata
Synonyms[2]

Lophospira cochleata (Lindström, 1884)
Murchisonia cochleata (Lindström, 1884)

References
  1. "Repository "uBio NameBank"". Global Names Index. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  2. "Frodospira cochleata". Fossilworks. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  3. Manten, A. A. (1971). Silurian reefs of Gotland. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. pp. 66 & 383. ISBN 0-444-40706-5. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  4. Lindström, Gustaf (1881). On the Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Stockholm: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. p. 134. Retrieved June 17, 2014.


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