Hystricoceras Jahn 1894 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Alternative spelling: Histrichoceras

Full reference: J. J. Jahn. 1894. Neue Thierreste aus dem böhmischen Silur. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Köninglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 44(2):381-388

Parent taxon: Spinicharybdiinae according to D. M. Rohr et al. 2008

See also Henderson 1990, Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Whitehouse 1927

Sister taxon: Spinicharybdis

Subtaxa: Hystricoceras astraliformis Hystricoceras hitchcocki Hystricoceras lundgreni Hystricoceras spinosum

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Type: Hystricoceras spinosum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (1: Maine collection)

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1), Sweden (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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