Wellergyi chesterensis Thein and Nitecki 1974 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

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 Wellergyi according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Thein and Nitecki 1974

Sister taxa: Wellergyi brazerianum, Wellergyi dunlopi, Wellergyi subdecussatus

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

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

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