Auriptygma bulimina Lindström 1884 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae

Alternative combinations: Machrochilina bulimina, Macrochilina bulimina, Meekospira bulima

Full reference: G. Lindström. 1884. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19:1-250

Belongs to Auriptygma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Lindström 1884, Manten 1971 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Sister taxa: Auriptygma dunkeri, Auriptygma fenestrata, Auriptygma fortior, Auriptygma khairliense, Auriptygma minuta

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Sandarve Kulle, steep hillock 1 km north of Fardhem Church (Silurian of Sweden)

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