Platycolpus depressus Rasetti 1944 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1944. Upper Cambrian trilobites from the Levis Conglomerate. Journal of Paleontology 18(3):229-258

Belongs to Platycolpus according to F. Rasetti 1944

Sister taxa: Colpospira (Platycolpus) congelata, Colpospira (Platycolpus) musgravia, Colpospira (Platycolpus) quadrata, Platycolpus marcoui

Type specimen: Laval Univ1156a, a cephalon/head (cranidium).

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Boulder 44 (Levis Conglomerate) (Cambrian of Quebec)

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