Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria beckwithana, Pleurotomaria beckwithiana, Shansiella (Shansiella) beckwithana
Full reference: A. M. McChesney. 1859. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Paleozoic rocks of the western states. Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 1:1-76
Belongs to Shansiella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Karapunar and Nützel 2022, Kues and Batten 2001, McChesney 1859, McChesney 1865, McChesney 1867, Plummer and Hornberger 1935, Sturgeon 1937, Sturgeon 1964 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Shansiella (Oklahomaella), Shansiella (Shansiella), Shansiella altispiralis, Shansiella broadheadi, Shansiella canaliculatus, Shansiella carbonaria, Shansiella globosa, Shansiella planicostata, Shansiella tongxinensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Virgilian of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Desmoinesian of United States (5: New Mexico, Ohio, Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Arizona, New mexico, Ohio, Texas)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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