Borestus texanus Batten 1995 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Full reference: R. L. Batten. 1995. Pennsylvanina (Morrowan) gastropods from the Magdalena Formation of the Hueco Mountains, Texas. American Museum Novitates 3122:1-46

Belongs to Borestus according to R. L. Batten 1995

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

Type specimen: AMNH 44926, a shell. Its type locality is AMNH locality 2015, Powwow Canyon, which is in a Morrowan offshore shelf limestone in the Magdalena Limestone Formation of Texas.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at AMNH locality 2015, Powwow Canyon

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