Plagiothyra Whidborne 1892 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoina - Plagiothyridae

Full reference: G. F. Whidborne. 1892. A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Volume I - Part IV. The fauna of the limestones of Lummaton, Wolborough, Chircombe Bridge, and Chudleigh. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 45:251-335

Parent taxon: Plagiothyridae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dirachis, Grabinopsis, Littorinides

Subtaxa: Plagiothyra archon Plagiothyra arietinus Plagiothyra curlyjigga Plagiothyra isekei Plagiothyra multispiralis Plagiothyra nobilis Plagiothyra purpurea Plagiothyra suborbicularis Plagiothyra tubericosta

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Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Germany (11), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 14 collections including 19 occurrences

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