Rhineoderma hotwellsensis Batten 1966 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Full reference: R. L. Batten. 1966. The Lower Carboniferous gastropod fauna from the Hotwells Limestone of Compton Martin, Somerset. Part I. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 119(509):1-52

Belongs to Rhineoderma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Batten 1966

Sister taxa: Rhineoderma arenosa, Rhineoderma asiatica, Rhineoderma benediana, Rhineoderma dinglensis, Rhineoderma gemmuliferum, Rhineoderma nikitowkensis, Rhineoderma nodulostriata, Rhineoderma nystii, Rhineoderma piasaensis, Rhineoderma radula, Rhineoderma subcarbonaria, Rhineoderma wortheni

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Cliff Quarry, 450 yards W27˚S of Compton Martin Church, Compton Martin, Mar (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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