Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria carbonaria, Shansiella (Shansiella) carbonaria
Full reference: J. G. Norwood and H. Pratten. 1855. Notice of fossils from the Carboniferous Series of the western states belonging to the genera Spirifer, Bellerophon, Pleurotomaria, Macrocheilus, Natica, and Loxonema, with descriptions of eight new characteristc species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:71-77
Belongs to Shansiella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Batten 1972, Karapunar and Nützel 2022, Kues 1984, Kues and Batten 2001, Mark 1912, Morningstar 1922, Norwood and Pratten 1855, Sturgeon 1937, Sturgeon 1964 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Shansiella (Oklahomaella), Shansiella (Shansiella), Shansiella altispiralis, Shansiella beckwithana, Shansiella broadheadi, Shansiella canaliculatus, Shansiella globosa, Shansiella planicostata, Shansiella tongxinensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (45: Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas collections)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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