Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
Alternative spellings: Murchisonia (Donaldospira), Stegocoelia (Donaldospira)
Full reference: R. L. Batten. 1966. The Lower Carboniferous gastropod fauna from the Hotwells Limestone of Compton Martin, Somerset. Part II. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 119(513):53-109
Parent taxon: Orthonemidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bandel 2002, Batten 1966 and Pan and Erwin 2002
Sister taxa: Carinanema, Cibecuia, Heshanietta, Hypergonia, Knightella, Leptozyga, Microlampra, Ohiopupa, Palaeostylus
Subtaxa: Donaldospira archiaciana Donaldospira carinata Donaldospira geminocarinata Donaldospira malaysia Donaldospira nodosa Donaldospira pertusa Donaldospira taosensis Donaldospira verneuiliana Murchisonia (Donaldospira) dispar Murchisonia (Donaldospira) dussaulti Murchisonia (Donaldospira) pyramidata
Type: Murchisonia pertusa
Distribution:
• Permian of Cambodia (1 collection), China (3), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Thailand (1), United States (12: Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (3: New Mexico, Texas)
• Devonian of China (1), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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