Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Alternative combinations: Platyceras (Orthonychia) herzeri, Platyceras herzeri
Full reference: A. Winchell. 1871. Notices and descriptions of fossils from the Marshall group of the Western States, with notes on fossils from other formations. Proceedings of the American Philosphical Society 11:245-260
Belongs to Orthonychia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Herrick 1888, Hyde 1953, Winchell 1871 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Orthonychia aculeata, Orthonychia acuta, Orthonychia baldwini, Orthonychia belli, Orthonychia bowsheri, Orthonychia campanulata, Orthonychia chesterense, Orthonychia concavum, Orthonychia conicum, Orthonychia conoidea, Orthonychia cornuforme, Orthonychia costata, Orthonychia daschi, Orthonychia dentalium, Orthonychia dubium, Orthonychia egorovi, Orthonychia elegans, Orthonychia enorme, Orthonychia extensum, Orthonychia gracilis, Orthonychia inequilaterale, Orthonychia infabricatus, Orthonychia jeffersonensis, Orthonychia korotkovae, Orthonychia marblecreekensis, Orthonychia mayesense, Orthonychia obliquesulcata, Orthonychia pajerensis, Orthonychia parva, Orthonychia parvulum, Orthonychia pentalvea, Orthonychia perplexum, Orthonychia prosseri, Orthonychia protei, Orthonychia puellaris, Orthonychia quadrangularis, Orthonychia rostratus, Orthonychia rotunda, Orthonychia sciotoensis, Orthonychia sileni, Orthonychia spinigerum, Orthonychia subrectum, Orthonychia talon, Orthonychia tortuosa, Orthonychia trigonale, Orthonychia trirotundolobatum, Orthonychia undulatum, Orthonychia unguiculata, Orthonychia ungula, Orthonychia variablis, Orthonychia vishtytica, Orthonychia vomerium, Orthonychia wanneri, Orthonychia waverlyensis, Platyceras (Orthonychia) aroostooki, Platyceras (Orthonychia) compressa, Platyceras (Orthonychia) compressum, Platyceras (Orthonychia) conoideum, Platyceras (Orthonychia) cornutum, Platyceras (Orthonychia) ivanovi, Platyceras (Orthonychia) occidens, Platyceras (Orthonychia) ungula
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution: found only at Quarry Run, 1.6 kilometers south of Newark (Carboniferous of Ohio)
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