Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae
Alternative combination: Melania subcolumnaris
Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152
Belongs to Spirostylus according to A. Nützel and A. Kaim 2014
See also Böhm 1895, Kittl 1894, Kittl 1899, Münster 1841 and Yin and Yochelson 1983
Sister taxa: Spirostylus acus, Spirostylus acutestriatus, Spirostylus agilis, Spirostylus beneckei, Spirostylus brevior, Spirostylus columnaris, Spirostylus contractus, Spirostylus linctus, Spirostylus longobardicus, Spirostylus porrectus, Spirostylus retroscalatus, Spirostylus subcontractus, Spirostylus terebra
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (6 collections), Hungary (3), Italy (6)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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