Knightella irregularis Longstaff 1933 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

Alternative combination: Knightia irregularis

Full reference: J. D. Longstaff. 1933. A revision of the British Carboniferous Loxonematidae, with descriptions of new forms. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 89(2):87-124

Belongs to Knightella according to C. Ketwetsuriya et al. 2020

See also Longstaff 1933 and Longstaff 1933

Sister taxa: Knightella baluki, Knightella gundyensis, Knightella hydrobiformis, Knightella regularis, Knightella shumardiana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dykes, Kilbirnie, which is in a Brigantian carbonate limestone/mudstone in the Lower Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Permian of Thailand (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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