Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Alternative combinations: Pileopsis alta, Platyceras (Orthonychia) altum

Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1849. Geology: Philadelphia Fossils from northwestern America. United States exploring expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN 10:722-730

Belongs to Rhabdocantha according to H.O. Fletcher 1958

See also Dana 1849 and Etheridge 1898

Sister taxa: Rhabdocantha cornucapella, Rhabdocantha intermedia

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage

Distribution: found only at Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (USNM coll) (Permian of Australia)

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