Shansiella canaliculatus Römer 1843 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae

Alternative combination: Turbo canaliculatus

Full reference: F. A. Römer. 1843. Die Versteinerungen des Harzgebirges 1-40

Belongs to Shansiella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Römer 1843 and Sabattini and Noirat 1969

Sister taxa: Shansiella (Oklahomaella), Shansiella (Shansiella), Shansiella altispiralis, Shansiella beckwithana, Shansiella broadheadi, Shansiella carbonaria, Shansiella globosa, Shansiella planicostata, Shansiella tongxinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Grund, northwest of Hartz mountains, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Cürten Strata Formation of Germany

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Grund, northwest of Hartz mountains

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