Spinyplatyceras Blodgett and Frýda 1999 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Full reference: R. B. Blodgett and J. Frýda. 1999. New Devonian gastropod genera important for paleogeographic reconstructions. Journal of the Czech Geological Society 44(3/4):293-308

Parent taxon: Platyceratidae according to R. B. Blodgett and J. Frýda 1999

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

Subtaxa: Spinyplatyceras arkonense Spinyplatyceras bartlettense Spinyplatyceras dumosiforme Spinyplatyceras dumosum Spinyplatyceras erinacum Spinyplatyceras fornicatum Spinyplatyceras milleri Spinyplatyceras multispinosum Spinyplatyceras parvispinum Spinyplatyceras paxiller Spinyplatyceras pugnus Spinyplatyceras spinosa Spinyplatyceras tylotus

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Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (6: Ontario, Quebec collections), the United Kingdom (2), United States (9: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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