Petrochus conica Tyler 1965 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae

Alternative combination: Anematina conica

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 Tyler 1965

Sister taxa: Petrochus mellaria, Petrochus mouchai, Petrochus praecedens

Type specimen: UMMP 47301, 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

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