Trochoturbella liassica Melville 1956 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha

Full reference: R. V. Melville. 1956. The Stratigraphical Palaeontology, ammonites excluded, of the Stowell Park borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 11:67-139

Belongs to Trochoturbella according to R. V. Melville 1956

Sister taxa: Trochoturbella (Proturboella), Trochoturbella concavispira

Type specimen: Its type locality is Stowell Park borehole (T. ibex Zone, B. centaurus Subzone, 985-1188ft), which is in a Pliensbachian marine mudstone/shale in the Lower Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Stowell Park borehole (T. ibex Zone, B. centaurus Subzone, 985-1188ft)

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