Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Alternative combinations: Orestes nodosus, Phymatopleura nodosus
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1912. On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21(2):119-156
Belongs to Phymatopleura according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Batten 1995, Girty 1912, Girty 1915, Girty 1939, Karapunar and Nützel 2022, Knight 1941, Kues 1984, Kues and Batten 2001, Sturgeon 1937, Sturgeon 1964 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Phymatopleura baccata, Phymatopleura brazoensis, Phymatopleura conica, Phymatopleura girtyi, Phymatopleura heteropleura, Phymatopleura kattaensis, Phymatopleura linkiana, Phymatopleura missouriensis, Phymatopleura paraliensis, Phymatopleura preclara, Phymatopleura thyrrena, Phymatopleura uchhaliensis, Phymatopleura verneuili
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (26: Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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