Paraliospira planata Rohr 1980 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Full reference: D. M. Rohr. 1980. Ordovician - Devonian Gastropoda from the Klamath Mountains, California. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 171:141-199

Belongs to Paraliospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Rohr 1980 and Rohr and Blodgett 1985

Sister taxa: Paraliospira abrupta, Paraliospira angulata, Paraliospira eugenia, Paraliospira gradata, Paraliospira helena, Paraliospira larvata, Paraliospira mundula, Paraliospira parva, Paraliospira rugata, Paraliospira rupestris, Paraliospira supracingulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM 18130. Gregg Ranch, which is in a Caradoc carbonate conglomerate/limestone in the Kangaroo Creek Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (3: Alaska, California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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