Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Alternative combination: Pleurotomaria pratteni
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1860. Description of new Carboniferous fossils from Illinois and other western states. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12:447-472
Belongs to Gosseletina according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Meek and Worthen 1860 and Meek and Worthen 1866
Sister taxa: Gosseletina aspeniana, Gosseletina australis, Gosseletina callosa, Gosseletina dangchangensis, Gosseletina fuchsi, Gosseletina idahoensis, Gosseletina isomorpha, Gosseletina johnsoni, Gosseletina nodosa, Gosseletina permiana, Gosseletina persimplex, Gosseletina subglobosa, Pleurotomaria (Gosseletina) wanneri
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Station 429. 6th and Bluff streets, Kansas City (Carboniferous of Missouri)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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