Platyzona hespera Kues and Batten 2001

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae

Alternative combination: Platyzona herspera

Full reference: B. S. Kues and R. L. Batten. 2001. Middle Pennsylvanian gastropods from the Flechado Formation, north-central New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 75(1, supp):1-95

Belongs to Platyzona according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Karapunar and Nützel 2022 and Kues and Batten 2001

Sister taxa: Platyzona anguispira, Platyzona arkansana, Platyzona cancellata, Platyzona cirriformis, Platyzona dongluoensis, Platyzona eulkaiensis, Platyzona gradata, Platyzona humilis, Platyzona khmeriana, Platyzona nitella, Platyzona nodohumerosa, Platyzona pagoda, Platyzona pulchella, Platyzona rotunda, Platyzona shikhanensis, Platyzona trilineata

Type specimen: UNM 7069, a shell. Its type locality is Talpa, which is in a Desmoinesian delta front shale/sandstone in the Flechado Formation of New Mexico.

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (5: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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