Hesperiella elongata Yoo 1994 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

Full reference: E. K. Yoo. 1994. Carboniferous Mollusca from the Tamworth Belt, New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australia Museum 46(2):63-120

Belongs to Hesperiella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Heidelberger 2001 and Yoo 1994

Sister taxa: Hesperiella canningensis, Hesperiella contraria, Hesperiella cyrtocostata, Hesperiella ebbighauseni, Hesperiella lahniensis, Hesperiella permianus, Hesperiella planorbis, Hesperiella robertsi, Hesperiella thomsoni, Hesperiella wordensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rangari. Yoo Loc. 18, 4.15 km northeast of Rangari homestead, which is in a Hastarian marine limestone in the Tulcumba Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Australia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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