Phymatopleura thyrrena Gemmellaro 1889 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Alternative combination: Pleurotomaria thyrrena

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1889. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc 2. Nautiloidea e Gastropoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 20:97-182

Belongs to Phymatopleura according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Gemmellaro 1889

Sister taxa: Phymatopleura baccata, Phymatopleura brazoensis, Phymatopleura conica, Phymatopleura girtyi, Phymatopleura heteropleura, Phymatopleura kattaensis, Phymatopleura linkiana, Phymatopleura missouriensis, Phymatopleura nodosa, Phymatopleura paraliensis, Phymatopleura preclara, Phymatopleura uchhaliensis, Phymatopleura verneuili

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio

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