Arastra Stoyanow 1948 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae

Full reference: A. Stoyanow. 1948. Molluscan faunule from Devonian Island Mesa Beds, Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 22(6):783-791

Parent taxon: Omphalotrochidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeosphera, Babylonites, Bassotrochus, Cinclidonema, Coronopsis, Fujispira, Labrocuspis, Omphalotrochus, Orecopia, Sylvestria, Trochonemopsis

Subtaxa: Arastra torquata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (5: Arizona collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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