Westwooditrochus westwoodensis Cook 1998 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Palaeotrochidae

Full reference: A. G. Cook. 1998. Frasnian gastropods from the Bonaparte Gulf Basin, Western Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2):449-457

Belongs to Westwooditrochus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Cook 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is QML 1037 - 400 m NE of Westwood Creek, Cape Dommett, which is in a Frasnian marine limestone/sandstone in the Hargreaves Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at QML 1037 - 400 m NE of Westwood Creek, Cape Dommett

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