Plesiotrochus Fischer 1878 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Plesiotrochidae

Parent taxon: Plesiotrochidae according to M. Harzhauser 2004

See also Ladd 1972, Lozouet et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Plesiotrochus fallax Plesiotrochus sowerbianus Plesiotrochus stephanense

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Type: Plesiotrochus sowerbianus

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (3 collections), the Marshall Islands (1), United States (1: Hawaii)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of France (1), Indonesia (3), the Marshall Islands (5)

• Oligocene of Iran (1)

Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences

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