Frodospira cochleata
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| Frodospira cochleata Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | †Lophospiridae |
| Genus: | †Frodospira |
| Species: | †F. cochleata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Frodospira cochleata | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Lophospira cochleata (Lindström, 1884) | |
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]
