Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Full reference: W. Li, X. Fang, J. Song and Y. Zhang. 2024. Pterotheca (Gastropoda) from the Telychian (Silurian) Xiushan Formation of South China: taxonomy, paleoecology, and paleogeography. Journal of Paleontology 98(6):981-995
Belongs to Pterotheca according to W. Li et al. 2024
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 hispanica, Pterotheca intermedia, Pterotheca lata, Pterotheca macroderma, Pterotheca maxima, Pterotheca mullochensis, Pterotheca multidecorata, Pterotheca pentagona, Pterotheca saffordi, Pterotheca transversa, Pterotheca triangularis, Pterotheca trimerelloides, Pterotheca undulata, Pterotheca yongshunensis
Type specimen: NIGP205398, a skeleton. Its type locality is Wanping, Yongshan County, which is in a Telychian coastal mudstone in the Xiushan Formation of China.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Wanping, Yongshan County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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