Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae
Alternative combination: Spirostylus subcolumnaris brevior
Full reference: E. Kittl. 1894. Die Gastropoden der Schichten von St. Cassian der südalpinen Trias. III. Theil. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlischen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 9:143-277
Belongs to Spirostylus according to A. Nützel and A. Kaim 2014
See also Kittl 1894
Sister taxa: Spirostylus acus, Spirostylus acutestriatus, Spirostylus agilis, Spirostylus beneckei, Spirostylus columnaris, Spirostylus contractus, Spirostylus linctus, Spirostylus longobardicus, Spirostylus porrectus, Spirostylus retroscalatus, Spirostylus subcolumnaris, Spirostylus subcontractus, Spirostylus terebra
Type specimen: NHMW 1899-0005-0541, a shell. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Wiener Hofsmuseums coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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