Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
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 Plethospira according to J. D. Longstaff 1924
Sister taxa: Plethospira arenaria, Plethospira cannonensis, Plethospira cassina, Plethospira difficilis, Plethospira emanuelensis, Plethospira extensa, Plethospira floweri, Plethospira rotunda, Seelya cassandra, Seelya ventricosa
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 carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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