Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1909. Lower Palaeozoic Hyolithidae from Girvan. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 47:203-222
Belongs to Pterotheca according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Reed 1909
Sister taxa: Pterotheca anatiformis, Pterotheca angusta, 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 pentagona, Pterotheca saffordi, Pterotheca transversa, Pterotheca triangularis, Pterotheca trimerelloides, Pterotheca undulata, Pterotheca xiushanensis, Pterotheca yongshunensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Locality 8. East bank of Penkill burn, 500 meters southeast of Penkill Castle, Penkill, Girvan (Silurian of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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