Proplina meramecensis Stinchcomb 1986 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Tryblidiidae

Full reference: B. L. Stinchcomb. 1986. New Monoplacophora (Mollusca) from Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician of Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 60(3):606-626

Belongs to Proplina according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Stinchcomb 1986

Sister taxa: Proplina acutum, Proplina ampla, Proplina arcua, Proplina convexum, Proplina cornutaformis, Proplina corpulentum, Proplina elongata, Proplina extensum, Proplina grandis, Proplina inflatus, Proplina irvingi, Proplina loganensis, Proplina rutfordi, Proplina sibelius, Proplina suttoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality M-1, Gasconade Formation, Franklin County, Missouri - Stinchcomb 1986, which is in a Tremadoc reef, buildup or bioherm horizon in the Gasconade Formation of Missouri

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Locality M-1, Gasconade Formation, Franklin County, Missouri - Stinchcomb 1986

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