Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Full reference: P. E. Raymond. 1921. A contribution to the description of the fauna of the Trenton Group. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 31:1-64
Belongs to Pterotheca according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Foerste 1924, Raymond 1921 and Wahlman 1992
Sister taxa: Pterotheca anatiformis, Pterotheca anticostiana, Pterotheca attenuata, Pterotheca avirostris, Pterotheca clochensis, Pterotheca consorbina, Pterotheca drummuckensis, Pterotheca estona, Pterotheca expansa, Pterotheca gath, Pterotheca girvanensis, Pterotheca harviei, Pterotheca hispanica, Pterotheca intermedia, Pterotheca lata, Pterotheca macroderma, Pterotheca maxima, Pterotheca mullochensis, Pterotheca multidecorata, Pterotheca pentagona, Pterotheca saffordi, Pterotheca simplex, Pterotheca transversa, Pterotheca triangularis, Pterotheca trimerelloides, Pterotheca undulata, Pterotheca xiushanensis, Pterotheca yongshunensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 7784-CO. Southeast of Route 27 crossing of Kentucky River (Ordovician of Kentucky)
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