Donaldina knighti Erwin 1988 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Donaldinidae

Full reference: D. H. Erwin. 1988. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States: Cerithiacean, Acteonacea, and Pyramidellacea. Journal of Paleontology 62(4):566-575

Belongs to Donaldina according to D. H. Erwin 1988

Sister taxa: Donaldina americana, Donaldina attenuata, Donaldina barnetti, Donaldina bellilineata, Donaldina costatula, Donaldina dubia, Donaldina erwini, Donaldina filosa, Donaldina fountainensis, Donaldina gigantea, Donaldina gracilis, Donaldina grantonensis, Donaldina marigoldensis, Donaldina media, Donaldina nana, Donaldina ohioensis, Donaldina parva, Donaldina pulchra, Donaldina pygmaea, Donaldina quadrata, Donaldina quinquecarina, Donaldina robusta, Donaldina sakmaraensis, Donaldina stevensana, Donaldina superclivis, Donaldina texana, Donaldina zadoe, Donaldina zardinii

Type specimen: USNM 400696, a shell. Its type locality is USNM712f, Ruddy Tank, Hueco Mountains, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hueco Formation of Texas.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (4: New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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