Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Alternative combinations: Loxoplocus (Lophospira) ventricosa, Murchisonia ventricosa

Synonym: Lophospira conradana Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Full reference: J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338

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 milleri, 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

Ecology: epifaunal herbivore