Dorispira terraustralis Runnegar and Jell 1976

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Rugaeconidae

Alternative combinations: Helcionella terraustralis, Latouchella terraustralis, Trenella terraustralis

Full reference: B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell. 1976. Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution. Alcheringa 1(1/2):109-138

Belongs to Dorispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Gubanov et al. 2004, Parkhaev 2002, Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010, Peel 1988 and Runnegar and Jell 1976

Sister taxa: Dorispira aliciae, Dorispira aperta, Dorispira arguta, Dorispira burlingi, Dorispira comma, Dorispira holmdalense, Dorispira lauta, Dorispira merino, Dorispira pearylandica, Dorispira penecyrano, Dorispira pocatelloensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site, which is in a Solvan carbonate limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia

Distribution: found only at ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site

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