Devonorhineoderma decussata d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combination: Pleurotomaria decussata

Full reference: E. J. A. d’Archiac and E.P. de Verneuil. 1842. On the fossils of the older deposits in the Rhenish Provinces, preceded by a general survey of the fauna of the Palaeozoic rocks, and followed by a tabular list of the organic remains of the Devonian system in Europe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 6(3):303-410

Belongs to Devonorhineoderma according to D. Heidelberger 2001

See also d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842

Sister taxa: Devonorhineoderma bandeli, Devonorhineoderma beaumonti, Devonorhineoderma hyphantes, Devonorhineoderma impendens, Devonorhineoderma kaulensis, Devonorhineoderma lonsdalei, Devonorhineoderma orbignyana, Devonorhineoderma quadricincta, Devonorhineoderma striata, Devonorhineoderma tricincta

Subtaxa: Pleurotomaria decussata sinistrorsa

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Windmill Quarry, off of Windmill Road & Summer Hill South, Cork (Carboniferous of Ireland)

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