Medfracaulus turriformis Chernyshev 1893 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Alternative combination: Murchisonia turriformis

Full reference: F. N. Chernyshev. 1893. Fauna nizhnyago devona vostochnago sklona urala. Trudy Geologicheskago Komiteta 4(3):1-121

Belongs to Medfracaulus according to D. M. Rohr and R. B. Blodgett 2008

See also Chernyshev 1893

Sister taxa: Medfracaulus contracta, Medfracaulus cooki

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 2002RB32 (Silurian of Alaska)

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