Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Alternative combination: Helictostylus girtyi
Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1934. The gastropods of the St. Louis, Missouri, Pennsylvanian outlier. VII. The Euomphalidae and Platyceratidae. Journal of Paleontology 8(2):139-166
Belongs to Strophostylus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight 1934, Kues 1984, Kues and Batten 2001 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Strophostylus andrewsi, Strophostylus bivolve, Strophostylus cancellata, Strophostylus chesterensis, Strophostylus cyclostomus, Strophostylus elegans, Strophostylus elevatus, Strophostylus fitchi, Strophostylus fortuitus, Strophostylus globosus, Strophostylus matheri, Strophostylus nevadensis, Strophostylus obtusus, Strophostylus sargalensis, Strophostylus tantillus, Strophostylus transversus, Strophostylus unica, Strophostylus wortheni
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Kansas, New Mexico collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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