†Wellergyi Thein and Nitecki 1974 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Full reference: M.L. Thein and M.H. Nitecki. 1974. Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Gastropoda of the Illinois basin. Fieldiana: Geology, New Series 34:1-238
Parent taxon: Deseretospirides according to M. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson 1987
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Thein and Nitecki 1974
Sister taxa: Deseretospira, Platyteichum
Subtaxa: Wellergyi brazerianum Wellergyi chesterensis Wellergyi dunlopi Wellergyi subdecussatus
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (3: Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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