Palaeoschisma girvanense Donald 1902 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Alternative combinations: Clathrospira girvanense, Pleurotomaria (Palaeoschisma) girvanense

Full reference: J. G. Donald. 1902. On some of the Proterozoic Gasteropoda which have been referred to Murchisonia and Pleurotomaria, with descriptions of new subgenera and species. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 58(4):313-339

Belongs to Palaeoschisma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Donald 1902 and Knight et al. 1960

Sister taxa: Palaeoschisma elevata, Palaeoschisma globosa, Palaeoschisma thraivensis, Palaeoschisma ulrichi

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Ardmillan Braes, Girvan, Ayrshire (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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