Hystricoceras spinosum Jahn 1894 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Full reference: J. J. Jahn. 1894. Neue Thierreste aus dem böhmischen Silur. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Köninglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 44(2):381-388

Belongs to Hystricoceras according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Jahn 1894, Perner 1903, Perner 1907 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Hystricoceras astraliformis, Hystricoceras hitchcocki, Hystricoceras lundgreni

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Kosov quarry locality (Dlouhá Hora), Kopanina Fm (Silurian of Czechia)

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