Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Alternative spelling: Pleurotomaria (Palaeoschisma)
Full reference: J. G. Donald. 1902. On some of the Proterozoic Gasteropoda which have been referred to Murchisonia and Pleurotomaria, with descriptions of new subgenera and species. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 58(4):313-339
Parent taxon: Eotomariinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Donald 1902, Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Clathrospira, Eocryptaenia, Eotomaria, Eotomariides, Euconospira, Ptychomphalinides, Ptychonema, Spiroscala, Spirotomaria
Subtaxa: Palaeoschisma elevata Palaeoschisma girvanense Palaeoschisma globosa Palaeoschisma thraivensis Palaeoschisma ulrichi
Type: Pleurotomaria (Palaeoschisma) girvanense
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of China (1 collection)
• Ordovician of China (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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