Amphelissa carinatum Heidecker 1959 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae

Alternative combination: Austerum carinatum

Full reference: E. Heidecker. 1959. Middle Devonian Molluscs from the Burdekin Formation of North Queensland. University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, Department of Geology 5(2):1-11

Belongs to Amphelissa according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Cook 1993, Cook 1997 and Heidecker 1959

Sister taxon: Amphelissa isisensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lowes Basin, near old Dalrymple township, 25 miles now of Charters Towers, which is in a Givetian shallow subtidal limestone/sandstone in the Burdekin Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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