Strophostylus chesterensis Thein and Nitecki 1974 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Full reference: M.L. Thein and M.H. Nitecki. 1974. Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Gastropoda of the Illinois basin. Fieldiana: Geology, New Series 34:1-238

Belongs to Strophostylus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Thein and Nitecki 1974

Sister taxa: Strophostylus andrewsi, Strophostylus bivolve, Strophostylus cancellata, Strophostylus cyclostomus, Strophostylus elegans, Strophostylus elevatus, Strophostylus fitchi, Strophostylus fortuitus, Strophostylus girtyi, Strophostylus globosus, Strophostylus matheri, Strophostylus nevadensis, Strophostylus obtusus, Strophostylus sargalensis, Strophostylus tantillus, Strophostylus transversus, Strophostylus unicus, Strophostylus wortheni

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage

Distribution: found only at Locality 9. Southwest side of hill 1ΒΌ miles southwest Claxton (Carboniferous of Kentucky)

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