Mourlonia placida de Koninck 1883 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Synonym: Mourlonia pulchra de Koninck 1883

Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1883. Faune du calcaire carbonifère de la Belgique, 4e partie, Gastéropodes (suite en fin). Musée Royale d’Historie Naturelle Belgique Annales, Série Paléontoloque 8:1-240

Belongs to Mourlonia according to R. L. Batten 1966

See also de Koninck 1883 and Xi 1994

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 plena, Mourlonia reloba, Mourlonia rugulata, Mourlonia striata, Mourlonia subzona, Mourlonia teichertensis, Mourlonia tenuiarata, Mourlonia tenuilineata, Mourlonia textiligera, Mourlonia textus, Mourlonia turbinea, Mourlonia venusta, Mourlonia vicinalis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

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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