Spironemella dignitas Waterhouse 1963 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Alternative combination: Cinclidonema dignitas

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1963. Permian gastropods of New Zealand. Part 4 – Platyceratacea, Anomphalacea, Neritacea and correlations. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 6:817-842

Belongs to Spironemella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1980

See also Waterhouse 1963

Sister taxon: Spironemella turgida

Type specimen: TM 3328, a shell. Its type locality is GS5296, Gibraltar Burn (D44/f9511), which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in New Zealand.

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 25.0

Distribution:

• Permian of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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