Patellilabia chesterensis Thein and Nitecki 1974 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Full reference: M.L. Thein and M.H. Nitecki. 1974. Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Gastropoda of the Illinois basin. Fieldiana: Geology, New Series 34:1-238

Belongs to Patellilabia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Thein and Nitecki 1974

Sister taxa: Patellilabia alticarinata, Patellilabia aplanata, Patellilabia britannica, Patellilabia junior, Patellilabia laevigata, Patellilabia rhombadella, Patellilabia scriptiferus, Patellilabia sulcata, Patellilabia tentoriolum, Extendilabrum heshanensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois, Kentucky collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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