Platyteichum costatum Campbell 1953 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Full reference: K. S. W. Campbell. 1953. The fauna of the Permo-Carboniferous Ingelara beds of Queensland. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 4(3):3-43

Belongs to Platyteichum according to K. S. W. Campbell 1953

Sister taxa: Platyteichum brenensis, Platyteichum coniforme, Platyteichum loratum, Platyteichum ornatum, Platyteichum spirolaxum, Platyteichum waterhousei

Type specimen: UQ F14181, a shell. Its type locality is Dry Creek, lower sandstone unit, Ingelara, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal sandstone in the Ingelara Formation of Australia.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 25.7

Distribution: found only at Dry Creek, lower sandstone unit, Ingelara

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