Yochelsonospira monensis Weir 1925 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Alternative combinations: Mourlonia monensis, Worthenia monensis

Full reference: J. Weir. 1925. On New Carboniferous Gastropoda from the Isle of Man. Geological Magazine 62(10):433-438

Belongs to Yochelsonospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Thomas 1940 and Weir 1925

Sister taxa: Worthenia (Yochelsonospira) kuesi, Yochelsonospira gairensis, Yochelsonospira mississippiensis, Yochelsonospira nauvooensis, Yochelsonospira northviewensis, Yochelsonospira tenuilineata, Yochelsonospira thomasi

Type specimen: Begg Collection Specimen, a shell. Its type locality is Balladoole, which is in an Asbian carbonate limestone in the Balladoole Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Balladoole

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