Platyschisma helicoides Sowerby 1826 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Alternative combination: Ampullaria helicoides

Full reference: J.d.C. Sowerby. 1826. No. XC of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 6(40):1-56

Belongs to Platyschisma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also de Koninck 1881, Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka 1973, M'Coy 1844, Rollins 1975 and Sowerby 1826

Sister taxa: Platyschisma ambiguum, Platyschisma applanatum, Platyschisma barrisi, Platyschisma cirroides, Platyschisma depressa, Platyschisma depressum, Platyschisma infima, Platyschisma laudoni, Platyschisma lingua, Platyschisma missouriensis, Platyschisma ovoidea, Platyschisma rotundatum, Platyschisma vitrea

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Ireland (1 collection), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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