Pterotheca lata Teichert 1930 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Alternative combination: Aulacomerella lata

Full reference: C. Teichert. 1930. Neues über die Gattung Pterotheca Salter. Senckenbergiana 12(1):66-71

Belongs to Pterotheca according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight et al. 1960, Teichert 1930 and Teichert 1935

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 macroderma, Pterotheca maxima, Pterotheca mullochensis, Pterotheca multidecorata, Pterotheca pentagona, Pterotheca saffordi, Pterotheca simplex, Pterotheca transversa, Pterotheca triangularis, Pterotheca trimerelloides, Pterotheca undulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kirna, which is in a Vormsi marine shale in the Korgessaare Formation of Estonia

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Kirna

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