Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Alternative combination: Platypleurotomaria planiapicata

Full reference: C. Wanner. 1942. Neue Beiträge zur Gastropoden fauna des Perm von Timor. Geological Expedition of the University of Amsterdam to Lesser Sunda Islands in the southeaster part of the Netherlands East Indies 133-228

Belongs to Borestus according to R. L. Batten 1972

See also Knight et al. 1960 and Wanner 1942

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

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Hambast Valley section MK, horizon K30, Abadeh (Permian of Iran)

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