Devononema Fraunfelter 1973 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Full reference: G. H. Fraunfelter. 1973. Mollusca from the Lingle and St. Laurent Limestones (Middle Devonian) of southern Illinois and southeastern Missouri. Southern Illinois Studies 11:1-44

Parent taxon: Platyceratidae according to G. H. Fraunfelter 1973

Sister taxa: Barynema, Basiplanus, Brokenriveria, Cancellator, Cancelloplatyceras, Compsonema, Crossoceras, Cyclonema, Dyeria, Euthyrhachis, Globulonema, Himantonia, Lotzia, Naticellina, Naticonema, Naticonoda, Natirhenia, Nonorios, Obscuropsis, Paffrathia, Palaeocapulus, Platyceras, Platyostoma, Platyschisma, Ploconema, Praenatica, Pseudoplatyceras, Pseudorthonychiinae, Ptychospirina, Radvanospira, Rhabdocantha, Spinyplatyceras, Spiranodus, Spironemella, Strophostylus, Strotostoma, Stuckenbergispira, Tachloconcha

Subtaxa: Devononema typicum

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Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage

Distribution: found only at Bed C. Clear Creek, along south bank and in bed of intermittent stream (Devonian of Illinois)

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