Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Diagnosis. Shell broadly oval with acute spire; last whorl evenly convex; subsutural ramp with spiral rib, ramp demarcated from whorl face by deep broad spiral furrow; whorls and base covered with 1522 spiral furrows; columellar and parietal lip are at a low angle to each other (not continuously arched).
Full reference: J. Gründel, A. Kaim, A. Nützel and C. T. S. Little. 2011. Early Jurassic Gastropods form England. Palaeontology 54(3):481-510
Belongs to Cylindrobullina according to J. Gründel et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Cylindrobullina (Cylindrobullina), Cylindrobullina attenuata, Cylindrobullina avena, Cylindrobullina avenoides, Cylindrobullina blakei, Cylindrobullina bleicheri, Cylindrobullina buvigineri, Cylindrobullina buvignieri, Cylindrobullina carburgensis, Cylindrobullina cinerea, Cylindrobullina convexa, Cylindrobullina davidsoni, Cylindrobullina dorsetensis, Cylindrobullina fasciata, Cylindrobullina ferrea, Cylindrobullina fragilis, Cylindrobullina kirklingtonensis, Cylindrobullina kirlingtonensis, Cylindrobullina obesa, Cylindrobullina ovalis, Cylindrobullina pseudmoorei, Cylindrobullina scalaris, Cylindrobullina schneideri, Cylindrobullina secale, Cylindrobullina valanginiana
Type specimen: MG 1436. Its type locality is Thorncombe Sands, Dorset, which is in a Margaritatus marine horizon in the Beacon Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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