Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Alternative combination: Mourlonia cancellata
Full reference: H. Chronic. 1952. Molluscan fauna from the Permian Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 63(2):95-166
Belongs to Ptychomphalina according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Chronic 1952
Sister taxa: Ptychomphalina angulata, Ptychomphalina banschangensis, Ptychomphalina brondensis, Ptychomphalina canovana, Ptychomphalina convivens, Ptychomphalina cuneoi, Ptychomphalina dickinsi, Ptychomphalina discoidea, Ptychomphalina fasciata, Ptychomphalina inexpectata, Ptychomphalina lucina, Ptychomphalina magna, Ptychomphalina moscardii, Ptychomphalina protei, Ptychomphalina regulata, Ptychomphalina regulosa, Ptychomphalina reticuloidea, Ptychomphalina sabattinii, Ptychomphalina taramellii, Ptychomphalina testis, Ptychomphalina tieni, Ptychomphalina toyomensis, Ptychomphalina trinchesil, Ptychomphalina turgentis, Ptychomphalina vesiculosa
Type specimen: Mus N. Ariz G2.577, a partial shell. Its type locality is Bottomless Pits, Bed 9, Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 10.9
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Arizona collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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