Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Alternative combinations: Bembexia elegantula, Murchisonia elegantula, Pleurotomaria elegantula
Synonyms: Bembexia shumardi Meek and Worthen 1860, Euconospira shumardi Meek and Worthen 1860, Pleurotomaria shumardi Meek and Worthen 1860
Full reference: J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36
Belongs to Euconospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hall 1856, Hall 1883, Holzapfel 1882, Meek and Worthen 1860, Meek and Worthen 1867, Thein and Nitecki 1974 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Euconispira bicarinata, Euconospira conica, Euconospira conimorpha, Euconospira conula, Euconospira cryptolirata, Euconospira desereti, Euconospira disjuncta, Euconospira elongata, Euconospira equisita, Euconospira halliana, Euconospira hermosana, Euconospira missouriensis, Euconospira neptuni, Euconospira nipponica, Euconospira nodosa, Euconospira obsoleta, Euconospira perlimbata, Euconospira planoconvexa, Euconospira skuini, Euconospira spiroperforata, Euconospira striatula, Euconospira sturgeoni, Euconospira trochiformis, Euconospira turbiniformis, Euconospira varizona, Euconospira waterlooensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Indiana collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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