Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Alternative combinations: Pileopsis cornuta, Platyceras (Platyceras) cornutum, Platyceras (Platyostoma) cornutum, Platyceras cornutum
Full reference: W. v. Hisinger. 1837. Lethaea svecica seu petrificata sveceia, iconibus et characteribus illustrata 1-124
Belongs to Platyostoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hisinger 1837, Lindström 1884, Peel 1977, Peel 1979, Pitcher 1939, Poulsen 1974 and Rohr et al. 1981
Sister taxa: Platyostoma (Platyostoma), Platyostoma adstrictum, Platyostoma allardycei, Platyostoma antiquuis, Platyostoma boggsi, Platyostoma brownsportense, Platyostoma cliftonensis, 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 speciosum, Platyostoma strophius, Platyostoma subglobosa, Platyostoma triangularis, Platyostoma tumidum, Platyostoma turbinata, Platyostoma unisulcata, Platyostoma ventricosum
Subtaxa: Platyceras (Platyceras) cornutum loricatum
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage
Distribution:
• Devonian of Austria (1 collection)
• Jaani of Estonia (1)
• Silurian of Canada (3: Nova Scotia, Nunavut), Greenland (1), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (17), United States (1: Indiana)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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