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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | †Lophospiridae |
| Genus: | †Frodospira |
| Species: | †F. cochleata
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| †Frodospira cochleata | |
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Lophospira cochleata (Lindström, 1884) | |
References
edit- ^ "Repository "uBio NameBank"". Global Names Index. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Frodospira cochleata". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Manten, A. A. (1971). Silurian reefs of Gotland. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. pp. 66 & 383. ISBN 0-444-40706-5. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- ^ 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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