Cymbularia decipens Reed 1921 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative combination: Phragmostoma decipens

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1921. A monograph of the British Ordovician and Silurian Bellerophontacea. The Palaeontographical Society 31:1-92

Belongs to Cymbularia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Reed 1921

Sister taxa: Bellerophon carinatus, Cymbularia aequalis, Cymbularia alatus, Cymbularia angusta, Cymbularia bullatus, Cymbularia compressa, Cymbularia cultrijugata, Cymbularia decorata, Cymbularia drummuckensis, Cymbularia galeata, Cymbularia impressa, Cymbularia janica, Cymbularia klouceki, Cymbularia lenticularis, Cymbularia merita, Cymbularia nuciformis, Cymbularia nummulina, Cymbularia pygmaea, Cymbularia roemeri, Cymbularia sculptus, Cymbularia stricta, Cymbularia turnbulli, Cymbularia woodlandensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 6. Ladywell Wood of Mulloch Hill (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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