Gastropoda - Neritoina - Plagiothyridae
Alternative combination: Littorina purpura tubericosta
Full reference: G. Sandberger and F. Sandberger. 1854. Die Versteinerungen rheinischen Schichtensystems in Nassau. Mit einer kurzgefassten Geognosie diese Gebietes und mit steter Berücksichtigung analoger Schichten anderer Länder 4:201-232
Belongs to Plagiothyra according to D. Heidelberger and L. Koch 2005
See also Heidelberger 2001 and Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
Sister taxa: Plagiothyra archon, Plagiothyra arietinus, Plagiothyra curlyjigga, Plagiothyra isekei, Plagiothyra multispiralis, Plagiothyra nobilis, Plagiothyra purpurea, Plagiothyra suborbicularis
Type specimen: PA-S-DO-182, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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