Trachyspira sturi Gemmellaro 1889 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae

Alternative combination: Platycheilus sturi

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1889. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc 2. Nautiloidea e Gastropoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 20:97-182

Belongs to Trachyspira according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Gemmellaro 1889

Sister taxa: Trachyspira canaliculata, Trachyspira conica, Trachyspira delphinuloides, Trachyspira eleganta, Trachyspira heshanensis, Trachyspira magna, Trachyspira obliquinodula, Trachyspira pygmaeus, Trachyspira quangxiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio

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