Glyphodeta zonata Donald 1887 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Alternative combination: Murchisonia zonata

Full reference: J. Donald. 1887. Notes upon some some Carboniferous species of Murchisonia in our public museums. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 43:617-631

Belongs to Glyphodeta according to R. L. Batten 1966

See also Donald 1887

Sister taxa: Glyphodeta terebriformis, Murchisonia (Glyphodeta) fimbricarinata

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cliff Quarry, 450 yards W27˚S of Compton Martin Church, Compton Martin, Mar (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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