Pseudophorus antiquus Meek 1871 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae

Alternative combination: Trochita antiquus

Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1871. Descriptions of new species of invertebrate fossils from the Carboniferous and Devonian rocks of Ohio. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23(1):57-88

Belongs to Pseudophorus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Meek 1871 and Meek 1873

Sister taxa: Pseudophorus bicarinatus, Pseudophorus carbonaria, Pseudophorus cavus, Pseudophorus excavata, Pseudophorus limbatus, Pseudophorus oxygonus, Pseudophorus profundus, Pseudophorus stuxbergi, Flemingella nysti, Flemingella prisca, Flemingia peracuta, Flemingia tepeeformis, Flemingia gigas, Flemingia balatonica

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Zone D. Eversole Run, 2 miles north of Delaware County south boundary (Devonian of Ohio)

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