Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Alternative spelling: Plectonotoides
Full reference: A. J. Boucot, D. M. Rohr, J. Gray De Faria and G.K. Colbrath. 1986. Plectonotus and Plectonotoides, new subgenus of Plectonotus (Bellerophontacea: Gastropoda) and their biogeographic significance. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 173(2):167-180
Parent taxon: Plectonotus according to A. J. Boucot et al. 1986
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Plectonotus (Plectonotus), Plectonotus derbyi, Plectonotus dereimsi, Plectonotus hapsideus, Plectonotus laticarinata, Plectonotus quadrilobatus, Plectonotus raricostatus, Plectonotus rectangularis, Plectonotus reissi, Plectonotus salteri
Subtaxa: Plectonotoides boucoti Plectonotoides cherylae Plectonotoides gaspensis Plectonotoides trilobatus
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (2: Maine)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Nova Scotia, Ontario), Peru (1), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (6: Maryland, New York, Ohio)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences