Plectonotoides cherylae Peel 1974 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae

Alternative combination: Plectonotus cherylae

Full reference: J. S. Peel. 1974. Systematics, ontogeny and functional morphology of Silurian trilobed bellerophontacean gastropods. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 23:231-264

Belongs to Plectonotoides according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Boucot et al. 1986, Peel 1974 and Peel 1977

Sister taxa: Plectonotoides boucoti, Plectonotoides gaspensis, Plectonotoides trilobatus

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Twenhofel’s 1909 Coast Section, Arisaig. Straits of Northumberland (Silurian of Nova Scotia)

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