Rhineoderma piasaensis Hall 1856 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria piasaensis, Rhineoderma piasense

Full reference: J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36

Belongs to Rhineoderma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Hall 1856, Hall 1883, Rollins 1975 and Whitfield 1882

Sister taxa: Rhineoderma arenosa, Rhineoderma asiatica, Rhineoderma benediana, Rhineoderma dinglensis, Rhineoderma gemmuliferum, Rhineoderma hotwellsensis, Rhineoderma nikitowkensis, Rhineoderma nodulostriata, Rhineoderma nystii, Rhineoderma radula, Rhineoderma subcarbonaria, Rhineoderma wortheni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Above C.P. & St. Louis RR tracks, ¼ mile east of Piasa Creek, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Illinois.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Above C.P. & St. Louis RR tracks, ¼ mile east of Piasa Creek

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