Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Alternative spelling: Trochus (Scalaetrochus)
Full reference: R., J.r. Etheridge. 1890. Descriptions of the Upper Silurian fossils from the Lilydale Limestone, Upper Yarra District, Victoria. Records of the Australian Museum 14:60-67
Parent taxon: Pseudophoridae according to J. B. Knight et al. 1960
See also Etheridge 1890 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astralites, Bergmadsenella, Decorospirinae, Devonoconica, Gaspephorus, Kowalatrochus, Pagodea, Palaeonustus, Peelophorus, Petrochus, Protocalyptraea, Pseudophorinae, Pseudophorus, Pseudotectus, Sallya, Shedhornia, Siluriphorus, Taemasotrochus, Yochelsonatia
Subtaxa: Scalaetrochus fragosus Scalaetrochus lindstroemi Scalaetrochus sinensis Scalaetrochus stachei Scalaetrochus subalatus Scalaetrochus tectiformis Scalaetrochus vilis
Type: Scalaetrochus lindstroemi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Austria (2), Canada (1: Ontario), China (1), France (1), Italy (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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