Delphinula spirorbis Lamarck 1804 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae

Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1804. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 5:28-36

Belongs to Delphinula according to J. B. Lamarck 1804

Sister taxa: Angaria (Angaria), Angaria (Pseudoninella), Angaria calvii, Angaria cingulata, Angaria coronata, Angaria crassa, Angaria pakistanica, Angaria scobina, Angaria sphaerula, Delphinula plana, Delphinula calcar, Delphinula infundibulata, Delphinula laciniata, Delphinula striata, Delphinula varia, Delphinula turbinoides, Delphinula gervilii, Delphinula canalifera, Delphinula warnii, Delphinula lima, Delphinula delphinus, Delphinula spiralis, Delphinula laevigata, Delphinula sulcata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Grignon (Defrance collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Grignon (Defrance collection)

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