Liospira striatula Longstaff 1924 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Full reference: J. D. Longstaff. 1924. Descriptions of Gasteropoda, chiefly in Mrs. Robert Gray's collection, from the Ordovician and Lower Silurian of Girvan. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 80(4):408-446

Belongs to Liospira according to J. D. Longstaff 1924

Sister taxa: Liospira aequalis, Liospira affinis, Liospira americana, Liospira angustata, Liospira biconvexa, Liospira cornovica, Liospira decipens, Liospira depressum, Liospira equilis, Liospira lenticularis, Liospira micula, Liospira modesta, Liospira numismale, Liospira obtusa, Liospira peneplana, Liospira perdepressa, Liospira persimilis, Liospira progne, Liospira robertsi, Liospira rossica, Liospira shohakuensis, Liospira simulans, Liospira stevensoni, Liospira subconcava, Liospira taihakuensis, Liospira uriconiensis, Liospira vitruvia, Liospira wesenbergense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan, which is in a Burrellian carbonate limestone in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan

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