Donaldiella filosa Donald 1902 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Alternative combination: Hormotoma (Goniospira) filosa

Full reference: J. G. Donald. 1902. On some of the Proterozoic Gasteropoda which have been referred to Murchisonia and Pleurotomaria, with descriptions of new subgenera and species. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 58(4):313-339

Belongs to Donaldiella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: Donaldiella catharina, Donaldiella cicelia, Donaldiella derwiduii, Donaldiella dorothea, Donaldiella pagodai, Donaldiella tetracarina, Loxoplocus (Donaldiella) karczewskii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shalloch Mill, Whitehouse Bay, Girvan, which is in a Cautleyan carbonate limestone in the Shalloch Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Shalloch Mill, Whitehouse Bay, Girvan

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