Eirlysia ceramicorum Peel 2016 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Full reference: J. S. Peel. 2016. Gastropods from the Carboniferous (Namurian) of Congleton Edge, Cheshire, UK. Papers in Palaeontology 2(3):399-438

Belongs to Eirlysia according to J. S. Peel 2016

Sister taxa: Eirlysia exquisita, Eirlysia globosa, Eirlysia lata, Eirlysia lens, Eirlysia modesta, Eirlysia nodata, Eirlysia nodosa, Eirlysia reticulata, Eirlysia reticulatiformis, Eirlysia robusta, Eirlysia scalare, Eirlysia seminuda, Eirlysia spiralis, Eirlysia undata

Type specimen: BGS T4959A, a shell. Its type locality is Pot Bank Quarry Locality 3, Congleton Edge, which is in an Alportian carbonate mudstone in the Morridge Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pot Bank Quarry Locality 3, Congleton Edge

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