Apachella turbiniformis Winters 1963 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Full reference: S. S. Winters. 1963. Supai Formation (Permian) of eastern Arizona. Geological Society of America Memoir 89:1-99

Belongs to Apachella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Batten 1989, Batten 1995, Kulas and Batten 1997 and Winters 1963

Sister taxa: Apachella alamillano, Apachella arizonensis, Apachella boydi, Apachella brachysiphon, Apachella capertoni, Apachella exaggerata, Apachella franciscana, Apachella glabra, Apachella huecoensis, Apachella malaysia, Apachella mulensis, Apachella nodosa, Apachella noinskyi, Apachella nucleola, Apachella powwowensis, Apachella prodontia, Apachella pseudostrigillata, Apachella rugosa, Apachella sosiensis, Apachella texana, Apachella thailandensis, Apachella translirata

Type specimen: AMNH 28001/1:1, a shell. Its type locality is Middle Cedar Creek, Locality 2, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Supai Formation of Arizona.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 4.50

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (15: Arizona, Texas, Wyoming collections)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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