Patellostium ourayensis Gurley 1884 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Alternative combinations: Bellerophon ourayensis, Bucanopsis ourayensis

Full reference: W. F. E. Gurley. 1884. New Carboniferous fossils. Gurley Bulletin 2:1-12

Belongs to Patellostium according to E. L. Yochelson and B.W. Saunders 1967

See also Girty 1899, Girty 1903, Gurley 1884 and Plummer and Hornberger 1935

Sister taxa: Bellerophon (Patellostium) revolvens, Patellostium branneri, Patellostium britannicum, Patellostium witryanum

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at 181-T-5. Millsap-Brazos road, 1/10th mile south of Goen Cemetary (Carboniferous of Texas)

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