Murchisonia (Murchisonia) treponema Whidborne 1892 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Alternative combination: Murchisonia treponema

Full reference: G. F. Whidborne. 1892. A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Volume I - Part IV. The fauna of the limestones of Lummaton, Wolborough, Chircombe Bridge, and Chudleigh. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 45:251-335

Belongs to Murchisonia (Murchisonia) according to R. M. Linsley 1968

See also Heidelberger 2001 and Whidborne 1892

Sister taxa: Murchisonia (Murchisonia) conveximarginata, Murchisonia (Murchisonia) densilineata, Murchisonia (Murchisonia) subulata

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wolborough Quarry, on the east side of the A381 due east of Wolborough church (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

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