Spiroscala intricata Batten 1966 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Full reference: R. L. Batten. 1966. The Lower Carboniferous gastropod fauna from the Hotwells Limestone of Compton Martin, Somerset. Part I. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 119(509):1-52

Belongs to Spiroscala according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Batten 1966

Sister taxa: Spiroscala acuminata, Spiroscala conoides, Spiroscala decorata, Spiroscala elegans, Spiroscala georgiannae, Spiroscala intermedia, Spiroscala pagoda, Spiroscala pulchra, Spiroscala quasipulchra, Spiroscala rockymontana, Spiroscala shwedagoniformis, Spiroscala solida

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cliff Quarry, 450 yards W27˚S of Compton Martin Church, Compton Martin, Mar, which is in a Brigantian carbonate limestone in the Hotwells Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Cliff Quarry, 450 yards W27˚S of Compton Martin Church, Compton Martin, Mar

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