Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Alternative combinations: Lichas (Platylichas) margaritifer, Lichas margaritifer
Belongs to Platylichas according to A. W. Owen and D. A. T. Harper 1982
See also Campbell and Chatterton 2006, Owen 1981, Owen and Bruton 1980 and Warburg 1939
Sister taxa: Platylichas (Rontrippia), Platylichas bottniensis, Platylichas cicatricosus, Platylichas docens, Platylichas fossulatus, Platylichas hamatus, Platylichas inconsuetus, Platylichas infimus, Platylichas latus, Platylichas laxatus, Platylichas lingua, Platylichas nasutus, Platylichas planifrons, Platylichas robustus, Platylichas validus, Platylichas warburgae, Platylichas wegelini
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platylichas margaritifer in the database
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