Redescription of Spirodentalium Walcott (Gastropoda: Late Cambrian) from Wisconsin

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Abstract

Spirodentalium Walcott, 1890, was originally described as a scaphopod. A reinterpretation of the type lot suggests that its overall shape is that of an open-coiled gastropod. If so, this is probably the earliest known open-coiled form and it is sinistral in coiling direction.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Redescription of Spirodentalium Walcott (Gastropoda: Late Cambrian) from Wisconsin
Series title Journal of Paleontology
DOI 10.1017/S0022336000028213
Volume 61
Issue 1
Year Published 1987
Language English
Publisher Paleontological Society
Description 4 p.
First page 66
Last page 69
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