Prosolarium Perner 1903 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Luciellidae

Synonym: Crenilunula Knight 1945

Full reference: J. Perner. 1903. Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae 1-164

Parent taxon: Luciellidae according to R. M. Linsley et al. 1978

See also Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Crenulazona, Echinocirrus, Eirlysella, Eotrochus, Epiptychia, Luciella, Platyconus, Playfordia, Zhusilengospira

Subtaxa: Prosolarium confusus Prosolarium crenulata Prosolarium deiopei Prosolarium dominus Prosolarium duslii Prosolarium halei Prosolarium incumbens Prosolarium limata Prosolarium markhaensis Prosolarium platybasis Prosolarium procerum Prosolarium scalatum Prosolarium striatissima

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Niagaran of United States (1: Indiana collection)

• Silurian of Canada (4: Ontario, Quebec), the Czech Republic (8), Sweden (19), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: California, Wisconsin)

Total: 39 collections including 43 occurrences

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