Michelia persimilis Poulsen 1974 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Full reference: C. Poulsen. 1974. Silurian Pelecypoda, Monoplacophora and Gastropoda from the reefy facies of the Offley Island Formation of Washington Land and Offley Island (Northwest Greenland). Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Biolgiske Skrifter 20(7):1-17

Belongs to Michelia according to C. Poulsen 1974

Sister taxa: Michelia compacta, Michelia cylindrica, Michelia darwini, Michelia planogyrata, Michelia tenera, Michelia tenue, Michelia whiteavesi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 2. Kap Morton, uppermost kap of Washinton Land into Kennedy Channel, which is in a Llandovery reef, buildup or bioherm mudstone in the Offley Island Formation of Greenland.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 2. Kap Morton, uppermost kap of Washinton Land into Kennedy Channel

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