Waagenella microstriata Maxwell 1961 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Full reference: W. G. H. Maxwell. 1961. Lower Carboniferous gastropod faunas from Old Cannindah, Queensland. Palaeontology 4(1):59-70

Belongs to Waagenella according to W. G. H. Maxwell 1961

Sister taxa: Waagenella asiaticus, Waagenella claxtonensis, Waagenella crassus, Waagenella cylindrica, Waagenella dumonti, Waagenella jonesianus, Waagenella lineatus, Waagenella meeki, Waagenella menardensis, Waagenella muensteri, Waagenella pinguis, Waagenella plummeri, Waagenella rectistriatus, Waagenella roemeri, Waagenella rownhamensis, Waagenella sowerbyi, Waagenella vespertinus, Waagenella yuani

Type specimen: Its type locality is L1872, 1350' west of Splinter Creek, ~4400' west of Old Cannidah Homestead, which is in an Ivorian carbonate limestone in the Tellebang Formation of Australia.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at L. 1872, 1350' west of Splinter Creek, ~4400' west of Old Cannidah Homestead

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