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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Lophospiridae
Genus: Frodospira
Species:
F. cochleata
Binomial name
Frodospira cochleata
Synonyms[2]

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

References

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  1. ^ "Repository "uBio NameBank"". Global Names Index. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Frodospira cochleata". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  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.