Plagioglypta numerosa Yoo 1988 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Full reference: E. K. Yoo. 1988. Early Carboniferous Mollusca from Gundy, Upper Hunter, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 40(3):233-264

Belongs to Plagioglypta according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Yoo 1988

Sister taxa: Plagioglypta annulostriata, Plagioglypta undulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Marohn Homestead. Yoo Loc. A3. 70 m west of Scone-Gundy road junction, which is in a Tournaisian marine mudstone/limestone in the Dangarfield Formation of Australia.

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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