Rhineoderma wortheni Hall 1856 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combinations: Phanerotrema wortheni, Pleurotomaria wortheni

Synonyms: Pleurotomaria humilis Hall 1856, Rhineoderma humilis Hall 1856

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 Buddington and Chapin 1929, Cumings 1906, Hall 1856, Hall 1858, Hall 1883, Knight and Bridge 1944, Rollins 1975, Whitfield 1882 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967

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

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (6: Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky collections)

Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences

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