Dirachis atavus Whidborne 1891 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoina - Plagiothyridae

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 Dirachis according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Whidborne 1891

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chudleigh, North Devon, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Lummaton Shell Bed Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Chudleigh, North Devon

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