Borestus wrighti Thomas 1940 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Full reference: E. G. Thomas. 1940. Revision of the Scottish Carboniferous Pleurotomariidae. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 20:30-72

Belongs to Borestus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Thomas 1940

Sister taxa: Borestus costatus, Borestus granihumerosus, Borestus heterospira, Borestus lunatus, Borestus magdalenensis, Borestus pagoda, Borestus planiapicata, Borestus procerus, Borestus rotundatus, Borestus similis, Borestus texanus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Roscobie, which is in a Brigantian offshore limestone in the Lower Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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