Solariorbis lawsoni Jeffery and Tracey 1997 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Skeneidae

Full reference: P. Jeffery and S. Tracey. 1997. The Early Eocene London Clay Formation mollusc fauna of the former Bursledon Brickworks, Lower Swanwick, Hampshire. Tertiary Research 17(3-4):75-137

Belongs to Solariorbis according to P. Jeffery and S. Tracey 1997

Sister taxa: Solariorbis (Hapalorbis), Solariorbis (Systellomphalus), Solariorbis bartschi, Solariorbis blakei, Solariorbis boardmani, Solariorbis clara, Solariorbis hypolius, Solariorbis infracarinatus, Solariorbis lipara, Solariorbis mooreanus, Solariorbis quadrangularis, Solariorbis subangulatus

Type specimen: BMNH GG 14545, a shell. Its type locality is Division C, Bursledon Brickworks, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Division C, Bursledon Brickworks

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