Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1914. Notes on the Lorraine faunas of New York and the Province of Quebec. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 17(1):247-328
Belongs to Pterotheca according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Foerste 1914, Foerste 1916 and Foerste 1924
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 multidecorata, Pterotheca saffordi, Pterotheca transversa, Pterotheca triangularis, Pterotheca trimerelloides, Pterotheca undulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chambly Canton, along W side of Richelieu River, 15 miles southeast of Montreal, which is in a Maysvillian carbonate limestone in the Nicolet River Formation of Canada
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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