Ptychocaulus rodneyi Rohr 1980 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Alternative combination: Coelocaulus rodneyi

Full reference: D. M. Rohr. 1980. Ordovician - Devonian Gastropoda from the Klamath Mountains, California. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 171:141-199

Belongs to Ptychocaulus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Rohr 1980

Sister taxa: Ptychocaulus bivittata, Ptychocaulus crumena, Ptychocaulus magna, Ptychocaulus verneuili

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM 18119. Greg Ranch., which is in a Devonian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Kangaroo Creek Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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