Protorcula quadricostata Gründel 2007 (snail)

Gastropoda - Zygopleuroidea - Protorculidae

Full reference: J. G. Gründel. 2007. Jurassische Gastropoden aus der Betakalkbank (oberes Sinemurium, obere Obtusum-Zone) Südwestdeutschlands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 370:1-29

Belongs to Protorcula according to J. G. Gründel 2007

Sister taxa: Protorcula bassetti, Protorcula bosniaca, Protorcula frydai, Protorcula iranica, Protorcula larica, Protorcula loxonemoides, Protorcula matthioli, Protorcula obliquelineata, Protorcula parvula, Protorcula permiana, Protorcula pusilla, Protorcula subpunctata, Protorcula unicarinata, Protorcula wichmanni, Undularia (Protorcula) densepunctata, Undularia (Protorcula) excavata

Type specimen: SMNS 66793, a shell. Its type locality is B27 Road between Hechingen and Bisingen, which is in an Obtusum carbonate limestone in the Betakalkbank Formation of Germany.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at B27 Road between Hechingen and Bisingen

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