Plagiothyra isekei Heidelberger and Amler 2002 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoina - Plagiothyridae

Full reference: D. Heidelberger and M.R.W. Amler. 2002. Devonian Gastropods from the Dornap "Massenkalk" complex (Bergisches Land, Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 76(2):317-329

Belongs to Plagiothyra according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Heidelberger and Amler 2002

Sister taxa: Plagiothyra archon, Plagiothyra arietinus, Plagiothyra curlyjigga, Plagiothyra multispiralis, Plagiothyra nobilis, Plagiothyra purpurea, Plagiothyra suborbicularis, Plagiothyra tubericosta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oetelshofen, Dornap, Germany, which is in a Givetian/Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm bafflestone/framestone in the "Massenkalk" Formation of Germany

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Oetelshofen, Dornap, Germany

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