Dorispira penecyrano Runnegar and Jell 1976 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Rugaeconidae

Alternative combinations: Anabaroconus penecyrano, Latouchella penecyrano

Full reference: B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell. 1976. Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution. Alcheringa 1(1/2):109-138

Belongs to Dorispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Gubanov et al. 2004, Gubanov et al. 2004, Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010, Peel 1988 and Runnegar and Jell 1976

Sister taxa: Dorispira aliciae, Dorispira aperta, Dorispira arguta, Dorispira burlingi, Dorispira comma, Dorispira holmdalense, Dorispira lauta, Dorispira merino, Dorispira pearylandica, Dorispira pocatelloensis, Dorispira terraustralis

Type specimen: Its type locality is ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site, which is in a Solvan carbonate limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site

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