Gastropoda - Ptychomphaloidea - Ptychomphalidae

Alternative combination: Helix striatus

Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1815. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts XV to XVIII. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 1(15-18):179-234

Belongs to Ptychomphalus according to L. G. de Koninck 1883

See also Batten 1966, de Koninck 1843, Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka 1973, Sowerby 1815 and Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: Ptychomphalus benedianus, Ptychomphalus caepa, Ptychomphalus expansus, Ptychomphalus neumayri, Ptychomphalus palaeopsis, Ptychomphalus protei, Ptychomphalus rotellaeformis, Ptychomphalus theodorii, Ptychomphalus venustus, Ptychomphalus wehenkeli

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Settle, Yorkshire (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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