Pleuropegma plicatum Pojeta et al. 1977 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae

Full reference: J. Pojeta, J. Gilbert-Tomlinson, and J.H. Shergold. 1977. Cambrian and Ordovician rostroconch molluscs from Northern Australia. Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 171:1-54

Belongs to Pleuropegma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Pojeta et al. 1977

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 8. NT 187. Ross River bank, 3.2 kilometers south of Loves Creek Homestead (now Ross RIver Resort), which is in a Payntonian carbonate limestone in the Goyder Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 8. NT 187. Ross River bank, 3.2 kilometers south of Loves Creek Homestead (now Ross RIver Resort)

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