Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Alternative combinations: Murchisonia cava, Turritoma cava
Full reference: G. Lindström. 1884. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19:1-250
Belongs to Cyrtostropha according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Lindström 1884 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Cyrtostropha articulata, Cyrtostropha bicincta, Cyrtostropha coralli, Cyrtostropha macrospira, Cyrtostropha monoliniformis, Cyrtostropha morinensis, Cyrtostropha obscura, Cyrtostropha pacifica, Cyrtostropha salteri, Cyrtostropha scitula, Cyrtostropha sculpta, Cyrtostropha subplicata, Cyrtostropha torquata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of China (1 collection), Sweden (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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