Frodospira
| Frodospira Temporal range: Silurian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Trochonematoidea |
| Family: | †Lophospiridae |
| Genus: | †Frodospira (Wagner, 1999)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Frodospira imbricata | |
Frodospira is an extinct genus of Lophospiridae, a family of extinct sea snails, fossil marine gastropod mollusks. The genus is found in deposits of the Silurian age in Sweden. It was named in honor of the fictional character Frodo Baggins from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.[2][3]
Species
The genus Frodospira contains the following four species:[1]
- Frodospira cochleata (Lindström, 1884)
- Frodospira imbricata (Lindström, 1884)
- Frodospira munda (Lindström, 1884)
- Frodospira tortuosa (Lindström, 1884)
References
- 1 2 "Frodospira Wagner, 1999". GBIF.org. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Frodospira". Fossilworks. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ↑ Mark Isaak (April 12, 2014). "Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature: Etymology: Fiction". CuriousTaxonomy.net. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
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