Morania attenuatum Lindström 1884 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Alternative combination: Loxonema attenuatum

Full reference: G. Lindström. 1884. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19:1-250

Belongs to Morania according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Lindström 1884 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Morania altevittata, Morania boltoni, Morania declivis, Morania griffithi, Morania nixonforkensis, Morania paradoxa, Morania vsinuata, Morania wagneri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Samsugns 1, in Othem, 4180 m east southeast of Tingstäde Church, which is in a Sheinwoodian deep subtidal ramp limestone/marl in the Slite Beds Formation of Sweden

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Samsugns 1, in Othem, 4180 m east southeast of Tingstäde Church

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