Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Alternative spelling: Platyceras (Praenatica)
Full reference: J. Perner. 1903. Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae 1-164
Parent taxon: Platyceratidae according to A. Lindström and J. S. Peel 2003
See also Horný and Henry 1999, Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Barynema, Basiplanus, Brokenriveria, Cancellator, Cancelloplatyceras, Compsonema, Crossoceras, Cyclonema, Devononema, Dyeria, Euthyrhachis, Globulonema, Himantonia, Lotzia, Naticellina, Naticonema, Naticonoda, Natirhenia, Nonorios, Obscuropsis, Paffrathia, Palaeocapulus, Platyceras, Platyostoma, Platyschisma, Ploconema, Pseudoplatyceras, Pseudorthonychiinae, Ptychospirina, Radvanospira, Rhabdocantha, Spinyplatyceras, Spiranodus, Spironemella, Strophostylus, Strotostoma, Stuckenbergispira, Tachloconcha
Subtaxa: Praenatica naticoides Praenatica orthostoma Praenatica proeva
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal parasite
Distribution:
• Devonian of Austria (2 collections), the Czech Republic (3), France (1), Italy (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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