Family Murchisonellidae Casey 1904 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Murchisonellidae

Synonym: Ebalidae Bandel 1994

Parent taxon: Pyramidelloidea according to C. Schulbert and A. Nützel 2013

See also Nützel and Kiessling 1997 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Amathinidae, Damesia, Heteronerita, Heteroneritidae, Jaminia, Pyramidellidae, Tjaernoiidae, Tristeirostoma

Subtaxa: Anisocycla Ebala Falsoebala Hummelgauia Murchisonella

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Italy (1), Panama (2), the United Kingdom (1)

• Miocene of France (1), Germany (8), Italy (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (2)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (2)

• Cretaceous of France (2), Germany (1), Poland (1)

• Jurassic of Germany (17), Poland (4)

• Triassic of Italy (2)

Total: 50 collections including 56 occurrences

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