Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Alternative combination: Atrypa transversa
Full reference: J. E. Portlock. 1843. Report on the Geology of the County of Londonderry and of parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh 1-784
Belongs to Pterotheca according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Foerste 1924, Knight et al. 1960, Li et al. 2024, Portlock 1843, Salter 1853 and Wilson 1951
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 pentagona, Pterotheca saffordi, Pterotheca simplex, Pterotheca triangularis, Pterotheca trimerelloides, Pterotheca undulata, Pterotheca xiushanensis, Pterotheca yongshunensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Desertcreat, Pomeroy Inlier (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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