Plethospira emanuelensis Yu 1993 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Alternative combination: Seelya emanuelensis

Full reference: W. Yu. 1993. Early Ordovician gastropods from the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australia Museum 16(3):437-458

Belongs to Plethospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Yu 1993

Sister taxa: Plethospira arenaria, Plethospira caledoniensis, Plethospira cannonensis, Plethospira cassina, Plethospira difficilis, Plethospira extensa, Plethospira floweri, Plethospira rotunda, Seelya cassandra, Seelya ventricosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Canning Basin, 20 kilometers southeast of Fitzroy Crossing, which is in an Arenig carbonate limestone in the Emanuel Formation of Australia

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Canning Basin, 20 kilometers southeast of Fitzroy Crossing

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