Donaldiella dorothea Grabau 1922 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Alternative combination: Pagodispira dorothea

Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1922. Ordovician fossils of north China. Palaeontologia Sinica Ser. B 1(1):1-98

Belongs to Donaldiella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Grabau 1922, Kobayashi 1930 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Donaldiella catharina, Donaldiella cicelia, Donaldiella derwiduii, Donaldiella filosa, Donaldiella pagodai, Donaldiella tetracarina, Loxoplocus (Donaldiella) karczewskii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shan MaJiaGou Fm., KaiPin Co., HeBei Prov., China, which is in a Darriwilian shallow subtidal lime mudstone/limestone in the Shan Majiagou Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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