Praenatica orthostoma Barrois 1889 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Alternative combination: Platyceras (Strophostylus) orthostoma

Full reference: C. Barrois. 1889. Faune de Calcaire d'Erbray (Loire Inférieure). Mémoires de la Société Géologique du Nord, Lille 3(1):1-348

Belongs to Praenatica according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Barrois 1889

Sister taxa: Praenatica naticoides, Praenatica proeva

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal parasite

Distribution: found only at Chateau-Briant, just east of Erbray (Devonian of France)

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