Blodgettinotus ornatus Frýda 1999 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida

Full reference: J. Frýda. 1999. Secondary shell deposits in a new plectonotid gastropod genus (Bellerophontoidea, Mollusca) from the Early Devonian of Bohemia. Journal of the Czech Geological Society 44(3/4):309-315

Belongs to Blodgettinotus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Frýda 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Holyně Section in small quarry NE of Holyně and W of the Prastav Quarr, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Daleje-Trebotov Formation of Czechia

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Holyně Section in small quarry NE of Holyně and W of the Prastav Quarr

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