Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Full reference: J. O. R. Ebbestad and J. C. Gutiérrez-Marco. 2017. First occurrence of Pterotheca (Gastropoda) from the Silurian (Aeronian) of Spain. Geobios 50
Belongs to Pterotheca according to J. O. R. Ebbestad and J. C. Gutiérrez-Marco 2017
Sister taxa: Pterotheca anatiformis, Pterotheca angusta, Pterotheca anticostiana, Pterotheca attenuata, Pterotheca avirostris, Pterotheca clochensis, Pterotheca consorbina, Pterotheca drummuckensis, Pterotheca estona, Pterotheca expansa, Pterotheca gath, Pterotheca girvanensis, Pterotheca harviei, Pterotheca intermedia, Pterotheca lata, Pterotheca macroderma, Pterotheca maxima, Pterotheca mullochensis, Pterotheca multidecorata, Pterotheca pentagona, Pterotheca saffordi, Pterotheca simplex, Pterotheca transversa, Pterotheca triangularis, Pterotheca trimerelloides, Pterotheca undulata, Pterotheca xiushanensis, Pterotheca yongshunensis
Type specimen: MGM 900S, a shell. Its type locality is 800 m east-southeast from the San Pelayo Chapel, Pontedo, which is in an Aeronian carbonate shale in the Formigoso Formation of Spain.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at 800 m east-southeast from the San Pelayo Chapel, Pontedo
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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