Wortheniella canalifera Münster 1841 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae

Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria canalifera, Worthenia canalifera

Synonym: Turbo silenus Laube 1869

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 Wortheniella according to A. Nützel and A. Kaim 2014

See also Bandel 2009, Batten and Stokes 1986, Kittl 1891, Münster 1841 and Pan 1977

Sister taxa: Wortheniella brancoi, Wortheniella cassiana, Wortheniella coralliophila, Wortheniella gigas, Wortheniella qingyanensis, Wortheniella spuria, Wortheniella subpunctata, Wortheniella toulai

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 2.10

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), Italy (11), United States (1: Utah)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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