Palaeocapulus morsei Hoare 2004 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Alternative combination: Platyceras (Orthonychia) morsei

Full reference: R. D. Hoare. 2004. Gastropods and Rostroconchs (Mollusca) from the Maxville Limestone (Upper Mississippian) in Ohio. The Ohio Journal of Science 104(4):86-92

Belongs to Palaeocapulus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Hoare 2004

Sister taxa: Palaeocapulus acutirostre, Palaeocapulus equilateralis, Palaeocapulus piso, Palaeocapulus trigonus, Palaeocapulus undata

Type specimen: OSU 58154, a shell

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Ohio collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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