Scalaetrochus vilis Spitz 1907 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae

Alternative combinations: Trochus vilis, Trochus villis

Full reference: A. Spitz. 1907. Die Gastropoden des Karnischen Unterdevon: Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients. Geologischen und Paläontologischen Instut, Üniversityat Wien, Mitteilung 20:115-190

Belongs to Scalaetrochus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Jhaveri 1969 and Spitz 1907

Sister taxa: Scalaetrochus fragosus, Scalaetrochus lindstroemi, Scalaetrochus sinensis, Scalaetrochus stachei, Scalaetrochus subalatus, Scalaetrochus tectiformis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Seewarte Section, Liegende Graue Kalke, 520-523 m (Devonian of Austria)

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