Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Alternative spelling: Protocalyptaea
Full reference: J. M. Clarke. 1894. American species of Autodetus and some paramorphic shells from the Devonian. American Geologist 13(3):326-335
Parent taxon: Pseudophoridae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astralites, Bergmadsenella, Decorospirinae, Devonoconica, Gaspephorus, Kowalatrochus, Pagodea, Palaeonustus, Peelophorus, Petrochus, Pseudophorinae, Pseudophorus, Pseudotectus, Sallya, Scalaetrochus, Shedhornia, Siluriphorus, Taemasotrochus, Yochelsonatia
Subtaxa: Protocalyptraea beecheri Protocalyptraea lindstroemi Protocalyptraea marshalli Protocalyptraea styliophila
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (2: New York collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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