Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Alternative combinations: Loxonema lommeli, Turritella lommelii
Synonyms: Melania minima Klipstein 1843, Turritella cochleata Münster 1841, Turritella similis Münster 1841
Full reference: H. L. Wissmann. 1841. Taxonomic names, in Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:1-152
Belongs to Loxonema (Polygyrina) according to E. Kittl 1894
See also Arthaber 1915, Bandel 1991, Dominici 2024, Klipstein 1843, Münster 1841, Pan 1982, Wissmann 1841 and Yin and Yochelson 1983
Sister taxa: Polygyrina depressa, Polygyrina lommeli, Polygyrina peracuta, Polygyrina sichuanensis, Polygyrina sichuanensis, Polygyrina subtilostriata, Polygyrina venusta, Polygyrina zhongzhaiensis
Type specimens:
- Loxonema (Polygyrina) lommeli: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
- Melania minima:
- Turritella cochleata: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
- Turritella similis: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (2 collections), Poland (1), Türkiye (1)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
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