Katoptychia hallii Whidborne 1896 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae

Alternative combination: Loxonema hallii

Full reference: G. F. Whidborne. 1896. A preliminary synopsis of the fauna of the Pickwell Down, Baggy and Pilton Beds. Proceedings of the Geological Association of London 14:371-377

Belongs to Katoptychia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Amler and Heidelberger 2003, Whidborne 1896 and Whidborne 1896

Sister taxa: Katoptychia alba, Katoptychia enantiomorpha, Katoptychia fugitiva, Katoptychia holynensis

Type specimen: NDM.718 , a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pilton Formation Gastropods (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

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