Plethospira rotunda Flower 1968 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1968. Part I - Some El Paso guide fossils. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Memoir 22(1):1-21

Belongs to Plethospira according to R. H. Flower 1968

Sister taxa: Plethospira arenaria, Plethospira caledoniensis, Plethospira cannonensis, Plethospira cassina, Plethospira difficilis, Plethospira emanuelensis, Plethospira extensa, Plethospira floweri, Seelya ventricosa, Seelya cassandra

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nameless Canyon, just west of Ranger Peak, Franklin Mountains, which is in a Blackhillsian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Padre Formation of Texas

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nameless Canyon, just west of Ranger Peak, Franklin Mountains

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