Platyostoma boggsi Rohr et al. 1981 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Alternative combination: Platyceras (Platyostoma) boggsi

Full reference: D. M. Rohr, A.J. Boucot, and D.G. Perry. 1981. Silurian (Wenlockian) gastropods from Baillie-Hamilton Island, Canadian Arctic. Journal of Paleontology 55(2):331-339

Belongs to Platyostoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Rohr et al. 1981

Sister taxa: Platyostoma (Platyostoma), Platyostoma adstrictum, Platyostoma allardycei, Platyostoma antiquuis, Platyostoma brownsportense, Platyostoma cliftonensis, Platyostoma cornutum, Platyostoma daytonense, Platyostoma deforme, Platyostoma delicata, Platyostoma desmatum, Platyostoma euomphaloides, Platyostoma gebhardi, Platyostoma grayvillensis, Platyostoma hemispherica, Platyostoma humile, Platyostoma humilis, Platyostoma incisum, Platyostoma indica, Platyostoma insolita, Platyostoma invictus, Platyostoma irrasum, Platyostoma lineata, Platyostoma lutheri, Platyostoma minutissima, Platyostoma modesta, Platyostoma muitissima, Platyostoma naticoides, Platyostoma niagarensis, Platyostoma pastillus, Platyostoma perceense, Platyostoma perforatum, Platyostoma plebeium, Platyostoma pleurotoma, Platyostoma rotundatum, Platyostoma rowei, Platyostoma speciosum, Platyostoma strophius, Platyostoma subglobosa, Platyostoma triangularis, Platyostoma tumidum, Platyostoma turbinata, Platyostoma unisulcata, Platyostoma ventricosum

Type specimen: GSC, a shell

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (4: Nunavut collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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