Mourlonia venusta Gordon and Yochelson 1987 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Full reference: M. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson. 1987. Late Mississippian gastropods of the Chainman Shale, West-Central Utah. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1368:1-112

Belongs to Mourlonia according to M. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson 1987

Sister taxa: Mourlonia agassizi, Mourlonia broondensis, Mourlonia carinata, Mourlonia expansa, Mourlonia filitexta, Mourlonia globosa, Mourlonia guestphalica, Mourlonia italica, Mourlonia lativittata, Mourlonia macrostoma, Mourlonia missouriensis, Mourlonia naticoides, Mourlonia nigra, Mourlonia pisa, Mourlonia placida, Mourlonia plena, Mourlonia reloba, Mourlonia rugulata, Mourlonia striata, Mourlonia subzona, Mourlonia teichertensis, Mourlonia tenuiarata, Mourlonia tenuilineata, Mourlonia textiligera, Mourlonia textus, Mourlonia turbinea, Mourlonia vicinalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 17018-PC. Granite Mountain, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Chainman Shale Formation of Utah.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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