Gosseletina johnsoni Thein and Nitecki 1974 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combination: Nemaspira johnsoni

Full reference: M.L. Thein and M.H. Nitecki. 1974. Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Gastropoda of the Illinois basin. Fieldiana: Geology, New Series 34:1-238

Belongs to Gosseletina according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Mazaev 2021 and Thein and Nitecki 1974

Sister taxa: Gosseletina aspeniana, Gosseletina australis, Gosseletina callosa, Gosseletina dangchangensis, Gosseletina fuchsi, Gosseletina idahoensis, Gosseletina isomorpha, Gosseletina nodosa, Gosseletina permiana, Gosseletina persimplex, Gosseletina pratteni, Gosseletina subglobosa, Pleurotomaria (Gosseletina) wanneri

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois, Kentucky collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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