Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Alternative combination: Anematina mellaria
Full reference: J. H. Tyler. 1965. Gastropods from the Middle Devonian Four Mile Dam Limestone (Hamilton) of Michigan. Journal of Paleontology 39(3):341-349
Belongs to Petrochus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Blodgett and Johnson 1992, Linsley and Kesling 1982 and Tyler 1965
Sister taxa: Petrochus conica, Petrochus mouchai, Petrochus praecedens
Type specimen: YPM 16481, a shell. Its type locality is river bed immediately downstream from the Four Mile Dam on Thunder Bay River, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Four Mile Dam Formation of Michigan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (2: Illinois, Michigan collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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