Porcellia nais Hall 1859 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

Alternative combinations: Gyroceras nais, Porcellia (Porcellia) nais

Full reference: J. Hall. 1859. Notes and observations upon the fossils of the Goniatite Limestone, in the Marcellus shale of the Hamilton group, and those of the Goniatite beds of Rockford, Indiana, with some analogous forms from the Hamilton Group proper. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 13:95-112

Belongs to Porcellia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Blodgett and Johnson 1992 and Hall 1859

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

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

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

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