Dorispira aliciae Brock 1998 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Rugaeconidae

Alternative combination: Latouchella aliciae

Full reference: G. A. Brock. 1998. Middle Cambrian molluscs from the southern New England fold belt, New South Wales, Australia. GĂ©obios 31(5):571-586

Belongs to Dorispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Brock 1998 and Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Unit 1, Murrawong Creek Section, which is in a Floran/Undillan submarine fan conglomerate in the Murrawong Creek Formation of Australia

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Unit 1, Murrawong Creek Section

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