Cyrtostropha obscura Portlock 1843 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Alternative combinations: Loxonema obscura, Murchisonia obscura

Belongs to Cyrtostropha according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also de Sowerby 1867, Donald 1902, Etheridge 1888, Morris 1854 and Portlock 1843

Sister taxa: Cyrtostropha bicincta, Cyrtostropha cava, Cyrtostropha coralli, Cyrtostropha macrospira, Cyrtostropha monoliniformis, Cyrtostropha morinensis, Cyrtostropha pacifica, Cyrtostropha salteri, Cyrtostropha scitula, Cyrtostropha sculpta, Cyrtostropha subplicata, Cyrtostropha torquata

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cyrtostropha obscura in the database

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