Antitrochus arietinus Whidborne 1891 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

Full reference: G. F. Whidborne. 1891. A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Volume I - Part III. The fauna of the limestones of Lummaton, Wolborough, Chircombe Bridge, and Chudleigh. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 44:155-250

Belongs to Antitrochus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight 1941 and Whidborne 1891

Sister taxa: Antitrochus elegans, Antitrochus moelleri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wolborough Quarry, on the east side of the A381 due east of Wolborough church, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Torquay Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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