Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Alternative combinations: Loxoplocus (Lophospira) milleri, Murchisonia milleri

Synonyms: Eunema ventricosa Yü 1961, Lophospira aspera Billings 1859, Lophospira bicincta Hall 1847, Lophospira compressa Endo 1935, Lophospira curvistriata Koken and Perner 1925, Lophospira excavata Donald 1906, Lophospira initialis Koken 1897, Lophospira medialis Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Lophospira minuta Wilson 1938, Lophospira perfecta Koken and Perner 1925, Lophospira procera Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Lophospira seelyi Raymond 1908, Lophospira tienshanensis Yü 1961, Murchisonia asper Billings 1859, Murchisonia bicincta Hall 1847, Worthenia initialis Koken 1897, Worthenia perfecta Koken and Perner 1925

Full reference: S. A. Miller. 1877. The American Palaeozoic fossils: a catologue of the genera and species. 2nd ed. 1-293

Belongs to Lophospira according to P. J. Wagner 2011

Sister taxa: Lophospira abnormis, Lophospira alata, Lophospira alternans, Lophospira angulata, Lophospira bilirata, Lophospira billingsi, Lophospira borealis, Lophospira calcifera, Lophospira concurrens, Lophospira conoidea, Lophospira decursa, Lophospira dubia, Lophospira ferruginea, Lophospira gumbinense, Lophospira gyrogonia, Lophospira infausta, Lophospira infirma, Lophospira jaekeli, Lophospira kinosakii, Lophospira konnoi, Lophospira kuckersiana, Lophospira lyckholmiensis, Lophospira major, Lophospira mickwitzi, Lophospira modesta, Lophospira obliqua, Lophospira ozakii, Lophospira pagoda, Lophospira perangulata, Lophospira producta, Lophospira rectistriata, Lophospira sandbiana, Lophospira selecta, Lophospira serrulata, Lophospira shallockensis, Lophospira spironema, Lophospira subalata, Lophospira subglobosa, Lophospira superba, Lophospira terrassa, Lophospira tesakovi, Lophospira trispiralis, Lophospira variablis, Lophospira ventricosa

Ecology: epifaunal herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell 20.0 x 14.0