Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Synonym: Platypleurotomaria Wanner 1942
Full reference: E. G. Thomas. 1940. Revision of the Scottish Carboniferous Pleurotomariidae. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 20:30-72
Parent taxon: Phymatopleuridae according to B. Karapunar and A. Nützel 2022
See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Altotomaria, Austroscalata, Callitomaria, Catazona, Discotomaria, Eirlysia, Euryalox, Eymarella, Fetaspira, Juvenispira, Lamellospira, Paragoniozona, Perakella, Phymatopleura, Tapinotomaria, Termihabena, Trochotomaria, Vicnigoria, Worthenia
Subtaxa: Borestus costatus Borestus granihumerosus Borestus heterospira Borestus lunatus Borestus magdalenensis Borestus pagoda Borestus planiapicata Borestus procerus Borestus rotundatus Borestus similis Borestus texanus Borestus wrighti
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (1: Idaho collection)
• Permian of Argentina (1), China (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Malaysia (1), Peru (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (8), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (12: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 33 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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