Sarkanella epelys Frisk and Ebbestad 2007 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Carcassonnellidae

Full reference: Å M. Frisk and J. O. R. Ebbestad. 2007. Paragastropoda, Tergomya and Gastropoda (Mollusca) from the Upper Ordovician Dalby Limestone, Sweden. Geologiskt Forum 129(2):83-99

Belongs to Sarkanella according to Å. M. Frisk and J. O. R. Ebbestad 2007

Sister taxa: Sarkanella kolebabai, Sarkanella novaki, Sarkanella vokovicensis

Type specimen: PMU D1519, a shell. Its type locality is Fjäcka, 9 km SSW of Furudal, which is in a Kukruse carbonate limestone in the Dalby Formation of Sweden.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Fjäcka, 9 km SSW of Furudal

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