Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Alternative combinations: Palaeonustus comes, Palaeonustus conus
Synonyms: Murchisonia hercyna Billings 1865, Murchisonia hercynia Billings 1865, Pseudotectus hercynia Billings 1865
Full reference: J. Perner. 1903. Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae 1-164
Belongs to Pseudotectus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Billings 1865, Hall 1868, Nicholson 1875, Perner 1903 and Perner 1907
Sister taxa: Pseudotectus annae, Pseudotectus carinatus, Pseudotectus conspicuus, Pseudotectus immersus, Pseudotectus scupini
Type specimens:
- Pseudotectus comes: Its type locality is Area between the villages of Měňany and Koněprusy, which is in a Pragian marine horizon in the Praha Formation of the Czech Republic
- Pseudotectus hercynia:
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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