Pharetrolites cristatus Perner 1903 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Alternative combinations: Cyrtolites cristatus, Temnodiscus cristatus

Full reference: J. Perner. 1903. Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae 1-164

Belongs to Pharetrolites according to J. S. Peel 1977

See also Horný 1963 and Perner 1903

Sister taxa: Pharetrolites bambachi, Pharetrolites elegans, Pharetrolites murchisoni, Pharetrolites pharetra, Pharetrolites tumidus, Pharetrolites vostokovae

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (5)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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