Eirlysella Karapunar and Nützel 2022 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Luciellidae

Full reference: B. Karapunar and A. Nützel. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Taxonomy and diversity of slit-band gastropods (Order Pleurotomariida) and some slit bearing Caenogastropoda from the Pennsylvanian of the USA. Papers in Palaeontology 8(e1417)

Parent taxon: Luciellidae according to B. Karapunar and A. Nützel 2022

Sister taxa: Crenulazona, Echinocirrus, Eotrochus, Epiptychia, Luciella, Platyconus, Playfordia, Prosolarium, Zhusilengospira

Subtaxa: Eirlysella buckhornensis Eirlysella hissingeriana

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Type: Eirlysella buckhornensis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry (Carboniferous of Oklahoma)

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