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 infundibulata, Delphinula varia, Delphinula spiralis, Delphinula lima, Delphinula gervilii, Delphinula sulcata, Delphinula warnii, Delphinula turbinoides, Delphinula striata, Delphinula plana, Delphinula calcar, Delphinula laevigata, Delphinula canalifera, Delphinula laciniata, Delphinula delphinus

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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