Pararaphistoma disciformis Longstaff 1924 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae

Alternative combination: Liospira disciformis

Full reference: J. D. Longstaff. 1924. Descriptions of Gasteropoda, chiefly in Mrs. Robert Gray's collection, from the Ordovician and Lower Silurian of Girvan. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 80(4):408-446

Belongs to Pararaphistoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Longstaff 1924

Sister taxa: Pararaphistoma (Pararaphistoma), Pararaphistoma damesi, Pararaphistoma mutans, Pararaphistoma obvallatum, Pararaphistoma qualteriata, Pararaphistoma scalare, Pararaphistoma schmidti, Pararaphistoma suturale, Pararaphistoma vaginati

Type specimen: G 25329, a shell. Its type locality is Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan, which is in a Burrellian carbonate limestone/conglomerate in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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