Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
Alternative combinations: Ambozone gilliana, Cyrtolites gillianus, Porcellia gillianus, Tomoceras gillianus
Full reference: C. A. White and O.H. St. John. 1867. Descriptions of new sub-Carboniferous and Coal Mesures fossils collected upon the geological survey of Iowa, together with a notice of new generic characters observed in two species of brachiopods. Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 1:115-127
Belongs to Tomoceras according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Batten 1972, Knight 1941, Kues and Batten 2001, Sturgeon 1964, White and St. John 1867 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Porcellia (Porcellia), Porcellia chesterensis, Porcellia cingulata, Porcellia crassinoda, Porcellia denayi, Porcellia hertzeri, Porcellia maamouriae, Porcellia magninodosa, Porcellia manitobensis, Porcellia nais, Porcellia neutzeli, Porcellia nodosa, Porcellia obliquinoda, Porcellia prolatatora, Porcellia puzo, Porcellia puzoidea, Porcellia rectinoda, Porcellia sciota, Porcellia spinosus, Porcellia striata
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: New Mexico, Ohio collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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