Dictyobembix aspera Sedgwick and Murchison 1840 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combinations: Phymatopleura aspera, Pleurotomaria (Gyroma) aspera, Pleurotomaria aspera

Full reference: A. Sedgwick and R.I. Murchison. 1840. On the physical structure of Devonshire and on the subdivisions and geological relations of its older stratified deposits. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 5:633-705

Belongs to Dictyobembix according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Amler and Heidelberger 2003, Phillips 1841, Sedgwick and Murchison 1840, Wagner et al. 2007 and Whidborne 1896

Sister taxa: Dictyobembix bella, Dictyobembix hebe

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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