Ptychostoma stachei Kittl 1892 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Prostyliferidae

Full reference: E. Kittl. 1892. Die Gastropoden der Schichten von St. Cassian der südalpinen Trias. II. Theil. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 7:35-97

Belongs to Ptychostoma according to E. Kittl 1892

Sister taxa: Ptychostoma mojsisovicsi, Ptychostoma pleurotomoides, Ptychostoma waehneri

Type specimen: NHMW 1899/V/368. Its type locality is Heiligen Kreuz near St. Leonhard, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Heiligkreuz Formation of Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Heiligen Kreuz near St. Leonhard

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