Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Alternative combination: Murchisonia bicincta
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1844. A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland 1-207
Belongs to Cyrtostropha according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also de Sowerby 1867, Donald 1902, M'Coy 1844 and Morris 1854
Sister taxa: Cyrtostropha cava, Cyrtostropha coralli, Cyrtostropha macrospira, Cyrtostropha monoliniformis, Cyrtostropha morinensis, Cyrtostropha obscura, Cyrtostropha pacifica, Cyrtostropha salteri, Cyrtostropha scitula, Cyrtostropha sculpta, Cyrtostropha subplicata, Cyrtostropha torquata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Chair of Kildare, eastern Ireland (Ordovician of Ireland)
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