Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Alternative combinations: Platyzona broadheadi, Pleurotomaria broadheadi
Full reference: C. A. White. 1880. Contributions to invertebrate paleontology, No. 6; certain Carboniferous fossils from western states and territories. United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Annual Report 12(1):119-141
Belongs to Shansiella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hoare 1961, Knight 1945, Kues and Batten 2001, Thein and Nitecki 1974 and White 1880
Sister taxa: Shansiella (Oklahomaella), Shansiella (Shansiella), Shansiella altispiralis, Shansiella beckwithana, Shansiella canaliculatus, Shansiella carbonaria, Shansiella globosa, Shansiella planicostata, Shansiella tongxinensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois, Missouri collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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