Australonema chico Mawson et al. 2002 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae

Alternative combination: Gyronema chico

Full reference: R. Mawson, D. Smith, and J.A. Talent. 2002. Silicified Early Devonian (Lochkovian) gastropods from Windellama, south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 27:59-73

Belongs to Australonema according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Mawson et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Australonema acuta, Australonema australis, Australonema blodgetti, Australonema guillieri, Australonema havliceki, Australonema immersum, Australonema iniquilineatum, Australonema lilydalensis, Australonema melbournensis, Australonema parva, Australonema persimile, Australonema simpsoni, Australonema varvarae, Australonema wellingtonensis

Type specimen: AMF 1182268. Its type locality is Bed 217 Section QU Left flank of Limestone Creek, Windellama, which is in a Lochkovian carbonate limestone in the Windellama Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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