Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
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 Worthenia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Batten 1989, Chronic 1952, Kulas and Batten 1997, Mayou 1967 and Nakazawa et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Pleurotomaria (Worthenia) constantini, Worthenia (Humiliworthenia), Worthenia (Worthenia), Worthenia alticarinata, Worthenia angulata, Worthenia basifalcata, Worthenia bialveozona, Worthenia bicarinata, Worthenia bieberi, Worthenia bilineata, Worthenia cainallensis, Worthenia castlemanensis, Worthenia cirriformis, Worthenia constantini, Worthenia contabulata, Worthenia crenilunula, Worthenia crenulata, Worthenia curvistriata, Worthenia dharmaensis, Worthenia dieneri, Worthenia distincta, Worthenia dregeri, Worthenia duplicata, Worthenia dyadica, Worthenia eremita, Worthenia escheri, Worthenia extendia, Worthenia furcata, Worthenia gepidorum, Worthenia gubleri, Worthenia hoettingensis, Worthenia humiligrada, Worthenia humilis, Worthenia indifferens, Worthenia kingi, Worthenia klamathensis, Worthenia latialveozona, Worthenia legrandi, Worthenia liebeneri, Worthenia loczyi, Worthenia margaritacea, Worthenia morovi, Worthenia multicarinata, Worthenia nana, Worthenia pagoda, Worthenia parvula, Worthenia pilula, Worthenia planalveozona, Worthenia plutonis, Worthenia praerupta, Worthenia punctata, Worthenia rhombifera, Worthenia schirjaevensis, Worthenia sculpta, Worthenia sigaretoides, Worthenia speciosa, Worthenia strigata, Worthenia strigillata, Worthenia subplicata, Worthenia substriata, Worthenia subtilis, Worthenia superstes, Worthenia tabulata, Worthenia tongxinensis, Worthenia triton, Worthenia vamosensis, Worthenia whitehorsensis, Worthenia windowblindensis
Type specimen: AMNH 27109:1, a shell. Its type locality is Rimmy Jim Tank, Kaibab Formation, Coconino County, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 8.33
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (1 collection), United States (24: Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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