Porcellia sciota Hall and Whitfield 1873 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

Full reference: J. Hall and R. P. Whitfield. 1873. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Devonian rocks of Iowa; with a preliminary note on the formations. Geological Survey of Iowa 222-243

Belongs to Porcellia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Hall and Whitfield 1873

Sister taxa: Porcellia (Porcellia), Porcellia chesterensis, Porcellia cingulata, Porcellia crassinoda, Porcellia denayi, Porcellia hertzeri, Porcellia maamouriae, Porcellia magninodosa, Porcellia manitobensis, Porcellia nais, Porcellia neutzeli, Porcellia nodosa, Porcellia obliquinoda, Porcellia prolatatora, Porcellia puzo, Porcellia puzoidea, Porcellia rectinoda, Porcellia spinosus, Porcellia striata, Tomoceras gilliana

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Porcellia sciota in the database

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