Microcheilus maxwelli Bandel 2010 (snail)

Gastropoda - Seguenzioidea - Sabrinellidae

Full reference: K. Bandel. 2010. Relationships of the Triassic Eucycloidea Koken, 1897 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) to modern genera such as Pagodatrochus, Calliotropis and Euchelus, based on morphology of the early shell. Bulletin of Geosciences 85:435-486

Belongs to Microcheilus according to K. Bandel 2010

Sister taxa: Microcheilus brauni, Microcheilus minor

Type specimen: SGPHM 4675. Its type locality is Misurina near Cortina d'Ampezzo (SGPHM coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Misurina near Cortina d'Ampezzo (SGPHM coll)

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