Porcellia puzoidea Hayasaka 1955 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

Full reference: I. Hayasaka. 1955. A new Permian species of Porcellia from Japan. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 9:21-24

Belongs to Porcellia according to I. Hayasaka 1955

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 rectinoda, Porcellia sciota, Porcellia spinosus, Porcellia striata, Tomoceras gilliana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kinshozan, Kuro zone, Akasaka, Gifu Prefecture, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Akasaka Formation of Japan

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Kinshozan, Kuro zone, Akasaka, Gifu Prefecture

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