Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria lenticularis, Raphistoma lenticularis, Scalites lenticularis, Trochus lenticularis

Synonym: Liospira marklandensis McLearn 1924

Full reference: J. C. de Sowerby and R. I. Murchison. 1839. The Silurian System. Part 2. Organic Remains. The Silurian System 2:579-768

Belongs to Liospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Bigsby 1868, d'Orbigny 1850, de la Touche 1884, de Sowerby and Murchison 1839, Etheridge 1888, Longstaff 1924, M'Coy 1851, McLearn 1924, Morris 1854, Murchison 1854, Northrop 1939, Peel 1977, Pitcher 1939, Rohr et al. 2004 and Whitfield 1882

Sister taxa: Liospira aequalis, Liospira affinis, Liospira americana, Liospira angustata, Liospira biconvexa, Liospira cornovica, Liospira decipens, Liospira depressum, Liospira equilis, Liospira micula, Liospira modesta, Liospira numismale, Liospira obtusa, Liospira peneplana, Liospira perdepressa, Liospira persimilis, Liospira progne, Liospira robertsi, Liospira rossica, Liospira shohakuensis, Liospira simulans, Liospira stevensoni, Liospira striatula, Liospira subconcava, Liospira taihakuensis, Liospira uriconiensis, Liospira vitruvia, Liospira wesenbergense

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 8. East bank of Penkill burn, 500 meters southeast of Penkill Castle, Penkill, Girvan (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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