Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Alternative combination: Eotomaria convexa
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 Cataschisma according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Longstaff 1924 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Cataschisma convexum, Cataschisma exquisita, Cataschisma latiangularis, Cataschisma microsoma, Cataschisma nitida, Cataschisma pillula, Cataschisma typa, Cataschisma typica, Cataschisma ulrichi, Cataschisma winkleri, Globispira acuta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan, which is in a Rawtheyan carbonate limestone in the South Threave Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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