Pterotheca undulata Hall 1861 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Alternative combination: Clioderma undulata

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 Foerste 1924 and Hall 1861

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 saffordi, Pterotheca transversa, Pterotheca triangularis, Pterotheca trimerelloides

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Upper Carters - Wilson, 1949 (Ordovician of Tennessee)

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