Patellilabia scriptiferus White 1862 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative combinations: Bellerophon scriptiferus, Patellostium scriptiferus

Belongs to Patellilabia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Weller 1900, White 1862, Yochelson 1969 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967

Sister taxa: Patellilabia alticarinata, Patellilabia aplanata, Patellilabia britannica, Patellilabia chesterensis, Patellilabia junior, Patellilabia laevigata, Patellilabia rhombadella, Patellilabia sulcata, Patellilabia tentoriolum, Extendilabrum heshanensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Prospect Hill, bluff above river south of Burlington (Devonian of Iowa)

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