Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Alternative combinations: Glyptomaria (Dictyotomaria) meekana, Pleurotomaria meekana, Shansiella meekana
Full reference: J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36
Belongs to Dictyotomaria according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hall 1856, Hall 1883, Raasch 1958 and Thein and Nitecki 1974
Sister taxa: Dictyotomaria balabanovi, Dictyotomaria capillaria, Dictyotomaria carlbransoni, Dictyotomaria concinna, Dictyotomaria decora, Dictyotomaria depressus, Dictyotomaria ella, Dictyotomaria euglyphea, Dictyotomaria eurocapillaria, Dictyotomaria faceta, Dictyotomaria hisingeri, Dictyotomaria itylus, Dictyotomaria marginata, Dictyotomaria nyi, Dictyotomaria pistra, Dictyotomaria quadrilineata, Dictyotomaria quasicapillaria, Dictyotomaria reticulatus, Dictyotomaria scitula, Dictyotomaria subcancellata, Dictyotomaria transcostata, Dictyotomaria triassica, Dictyotomaria turrisbabel, Dictyotomaria wortheni, Dictyotomaria yochelsoni
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Unit 81, Storm Creek Section, Member 3, Mount Head Fm (Carboniferous of Alberta)
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