Vallatotheca elegantula Chapman 1916

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Proplinidae

Alternative combination: Helcionopsis elegantulum

Invalid subtaxa: Capulus nycteis Cresswell 1893 [replaced name], Helcionopsis nycteis Cresswell 1893 [replaced name], Tryblidium (Metoptoma) nycteis Cresswell 1893 [replaced name]

Full reference: F. Chapman. 1916. New or little-known Victorian fossils on the National Museum. Part XIX - The Yeringian gasteropod fauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 29(1):75-102

Belongs to Vallatotheca according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Chapman 1913, Chapman 1916, Cresswell 1893, Talent 1959 and Tassell 1980

Sister taxa: Vallatotheca anticostiensis, Vallatotheca manitoulini, Vallatotheca unguiformis

Distribution: found only at Cave Hill Quarries, Lilydale (Devonian of Australia)

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