Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Pharkidonotus aff. westi Kues & Batten 2001 p. 13 - 14 f. 3.23 probably belongs here.
Full reference: B. S. Kues. 1987. Pharkidonotus megalius, a large new gastropod species from the Middle Pennsylvanian of south-central New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 61(6):1187-1193
Belongs to Pharkidonotus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Kues 1987
Sister taxa: Pharkidonotus acutocarinatus, Pharkidonotus altitropis, Pharkidonotus breyeri, Pharkidonotus galeatus, Pharkidonotus harrodi, Pharkidonotus khairliensis, Pharkidonotus khaonoiensis, Pharkidonotus labioreflexus, Pharkidonotus percarinatus, Pharkidonotus westi
Type specimen: UNM 9375, a shell. Its type locality is Unnamed Arroyo slope, south end of Mud Springs Mountains, which is in a Desmoinesian marine shale in New Mexico.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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