Michelia tenera Perner 1907 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Alternative combinations: Murchisonia (Sinuspira) tenera, Sinuspira tenera

Full reference: J. Perner. 1907. Gastéropodes, Tome 2: Pleurotomaridae et Murchisonidae 1-380

Belongs to Michelia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight et al. 1960, Peel 1977, Perner 1907 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Michelia compacta, Michelia cylindrica, Michelia darwini, Michelia persimilis, Michelia planogyrata, Michelia tenue, Michelia whiteavesi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bubovice, which is in a Ludfordian carbonate limestone in the Kopanina Formation of the Czech Republic

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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