Eirlysia modesta Waterhouse 1986 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1986. New late Palaeozoic invertebrate taxa. Bulletin of the Indian Geologists' Association 19(1):1-8

Belongs to Eirlysia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1986

Sister taxa: Eirlysia ceramicorum, Eirlysia exquisita, Eirlysia globosa, Eirlysia lata, Eirlysia lens, Eirlysia nodata, Eirlysia nodosa, Eirlysia reticulata, Eirlysia reticulatiformis, Eirlysia robusta, Eirlysia scalare, Eirlysia seminuda, Eirlysia spiralis, Eirlysia undata

Type specimen: Its type locality is GS3616, Productus Creek, Letham Burn (D44/f9478), which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at GS3616, Productus Creek, Letham Burn (D44/f9478)

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