Dirachis Whidborne 1891 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoina - Plagiothyridae

Full reference: G. F. Whidborne. 1891. A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Volume I - Part III. The fauna of the limestones of Lummaton, Wolborough, Chircombe Bridge, and Chudleigh. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 44:155-250

Parent taxon: Plagiothyridae according to J. B. Knight et al. 1960

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Grabinopsis, Littorinides, Plagiothyra

Subtaxa: Dirachis atavus

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Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Chudleigh, North Devon (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

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