Platyostoma speciosum Sedgwick and Murchison 1840 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Alternative combination: Nerita speciosa

Full reference: A. Sedgwick and R.I. Murchison. 1840. On the physical structure of Devonshire and on the subdivisions and geological relations of its older stratified deposits. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 5:633-705

Belongs to Platyostoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Sedgwick and Murchison 1840

Sister taxa: Platyostoma (Platyostoma), Platyostoma adstrictum, Platyostoma allardycei, Platyostoma antiquuis, Platyostoma boggsi, Platyostoma brownsportense, Platyostoma cliftonensis, Platyostoma cornutum, Platyostoma daytonense, Platyostoma deforme, Platyostoma delicata, Platyostoma desmatum, Platyostoma euomphaloides, Platyostoma gebhardi, Platyostoma grayvillensis, Platyostoma hemispherica, Platyostoma humile, Platyostoma humilis, Platyostoma incisum, Platyostoma indica, Platyostoma insolita, Platyostoma invictus, Platyostoma irrasum, Platyostoma lineata, Platyostoma lutheri, Platyostoma minutissima, Platyostoma modesta, Platyostoma muitissima, Platyostoma naticoides, Platyostoma niagarensis, Platyostoma pastillus, Platyostoma perceense, Platyostoma perforatum, Platyostoma plebeium, Platyostoma pleurotoma, Platyostoma rotundatum, Platyostoma rowei, Platyostoma strophius, Platyostoma subglobosa, Platyostoma triangularis, Platyostoma tumidum, Platyostoma turbinata, Platyostoma unisulcata, Platyostoma ventricosum

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage

Distribution:

• Devonian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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