Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Cheeneetnukiidae
Alternative combinations: Murchisonia spinosa, Wuxuanella spinosa
Full reference: J. Phillips. 1841. Figures and descriptions of the Palaeozoic fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset; observed in the course of the Ordinance Geological Survey of that district. Geological Society of London 1-231
Belongs to Cheeneetnukia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Blodgett and Cook 2002, Cook and Pan 2004 and Phillips 1841
Sister taxa: Cheeneetnukia australis, Cheeneetnukia frydai, Cheeneetnukia seminodosa
Subtaxa: Murchisonia spinosa spinosa Wuxuanella spinosa turboides
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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