Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae
Alternative combination: Clioderma saffordi
Full reference: J. Hall. 1861. Upon some new and other species of fossils, from the rocks of the Hudson-river group of Ohio and the western states; with descriptions. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 14:89-109
Belongs to Pterotheca according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bradley 1930, Foerste 1924, Hall 1861, Knight and Bridge 1944, Knight et al. 1960, Lesley 1889, Wahlman 1992 and Wilson 1951
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 lata, Pterotheca macroderma, Pterotheca maxima, Pterotheca mullochensis, Pterotheca multidecorata, Pterotheca pentagona, Pterotheca simplex, Pterotheca transversa, Pterotheca triangularis, Pterotheca trimerelloides, Pterotheca undulata, Pterotheca xiushanensis, Pterotheca yongshunensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Lebanon (Ordovician of Tennessee)
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