Delphinula laevigata Münster 1841 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae

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 Delphinula according to G. Münster 1841

See also Kittl 1891 and Kittl 1899

Sister taxa: Angaria (Angaria), Angaria (Pseudoninella), Angaria calvii, Angaria cingulata, Angaria coronata, Angaria crassa, Angaria pakistanica, Angaria scobina, Angaria sphaerula, Delphinula canalifera, Delphinula infundibulata, Delphinula laciniata, Delphinula varia, Delphinula warnii, Delphinula turbinoides, Delphinula striata, Delphinula sulcata, Delphinula spiralis, Delphinula plana, Delphinula delphinus, Delphinula calcar, Delphinula gervilii, Delphinula spirorbis, Delphinula lima

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Munster coll)

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