Toarctocera Gründel et al. 2009 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Full reference: J. Gründel, A. Nützel, and C. Schulbert. 2009. Toarctocera (Gastropoda, Aporrhaidae): a new genus from the Jurassic (Toarcian/Aalenian) of south Germany and the early evolutionary history of the family Aporrhaidae. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 83:533-543

Parent taxon: Aporrhaidae according to C. Schulbert and A. Nützel 2013

See also Gründel et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Anchura, Anchurinae, Antarctohoges, Aporrhainae, Araeodactylus, Arrhoginae, Checchiaia, Chenopus, Cultrigera, Diarthema, Dimorphosominae, Disoketa, Drepanochilus, Goniocheila, Harpagodinae, Kangilioptera, Perissopterinae, Peruchilus, Protohemichenopus, Pterocerellinae, Pugnellinae, Spinigerinae, Spinigeropsis, Spinilomatinae, Strombites, Strombopugnellus, Struthiopterinae, Teneposita, Tibiaporrhais, Trilemma, Tulochilus

Subtaxa: Toarctocera subpunctata

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (9 collections), Switzerland (27)

Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence

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