Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Palaeotrochidae
Alternative spelling: Trochus (Palaeotrochus)
Full reference: J. Hall. 1879. Containing descriptions of the Gasteropoda, Pteropoda, and Cephalopoda of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage, and Chemung Groups. Natural History of New York, Paleontology 5(2):1-492
Parent taxon: Palaeotrochidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Clarke 1885, Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Floyda, Turbonopsis, Westerna, Westwooditrochus
Subtaxa: Palaeotrochus kearnyi Palaeotrochus kennettensis
Type: Pleurotomaria kearnyi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hor. 1 Zone E. Owen Station, along Hocking Valley Railroad (Devonian of Ohio)
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