Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Alternative combinations: Acroculia trigona, Capulus trigonus, Pileopsis trigona
Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1844. Divisio quinta. Molluscorum gasteropodum reliquiae. Petrefacta Germaniae et ea, quae in Museuo Universitatis Regiae, Borussicae Frederischiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur et alia quacungue in Museis Hueninghausiano, Muensteriano aliisque exstant, iconibus et descriptionnibus illustrata 3(5):1-120
Belongs to Palaeocapulus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Clarke 1885, Goldfuss 1844 and Römer 1843
Sister taxa: Palaeocapulus acutirostre, Palaeocapulus equilateralis, Palaeocapulus morsei, Palaeocapulus piso, Palaeocapulus undata
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage
Distribution: found only at Grund, northwest of Hartz mountains (Devonian of Germany)
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