Nylanderina Boucot et al. 1967 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Full reference: A. J. Boucot, L.M. Cummings, and H. Jaeger. 1967. Contributions to the age of the Gaspé Sandstone and Gaspé Limestone. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 67(25):1-22

Parent taxon: Tropidodiscidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Peel 1974

Sister taxa: Groomodiscus, Kosorodiscus, Neimongolidiscus, Sinuitina, Spirilira, Temnodiscinae, Tropidodiscus, Vorticina, Westraliadiscus, Zonidiscus

Subtaxa: Nylanderina bisulcata Nylanderina goldringae

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Type: Nylanderina goldringae

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Maine, New York)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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