Order Pleurotomariida Cox and Knight 1960 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pleurotomariida

Alternative spelling: Pleurotomariina

Full reference: L. R. Cox and J.B. Knight. 1960. Suborders of the Archaeogastropoda. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 33:262-264

Parent taxon: Vetigastropoda according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Bouchet et al. 2017, Knight et al. 1960, Nützel et al. 2018, Nützel and Ketwetsuriya 2016, Schnetler et al. 2024 and Stilwell et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Amberleyoidea, Angarioidea, Blodgettella, Cirroidea, Crosseolidae, Frydatinus, Jurassiphorus, Lepetellida, Microdomatoidea, Nodoconus, Pendromidae, Pleurotomarioidea, Ptychomphaloidea, Purkynespira, Schizogonioidea, Seguenziida, Seguenzioidea, Selenimorpha, Trochina, Trochoidea, Turbinoidea

Subtaxa: Fissurellacea

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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