Plagiothyra archon Whidborne 1889 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoina - Plagiothyridae

Alternative combination: Monodonta archon

Full reference: G. F. Whidborne. 1889. On some Devonian cephalopods and gasteropods. Geological Magazine 6(1):29-30

Belongs to Plagiothyra according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Frýda 2000, Heidelberger 2001, Whidborne 1889 and Whidborne 1892

Sister taxa: Plagiothyra arietinus, Plagiothyra curlyjigga, Plagiothyra isekei, Plagiothyra multispiralis, Plagiothyra nobilis, Plagiothyra purpurea, Plagiothyra suborbicularis, Plagiothyra tubericosta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chudleigh, North Devon, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Lummaton Shell Bed Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Chudleigh, North Devon

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