Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Full reference: J. H. Bradley. 1930. The fauna of the Kimmswick limestone of Missouri and Illinois. Contributions from the Walker Museum, University of Chicago 2(6):219-290
Belongs to Pterotheca according to J. H. Bradley 1930
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 transversa, Pterotheca trimerelloides, Pterotheca undulata, Pterotheca xiushanensis, Pterotheca yongshunensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Batchtown, which is in a Shermanian carbonate limestone in the Kimmswick limestone Formation of Illinois
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Illinois, Missouri collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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