Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Alternative combinations: Capulus piso, Platyceras (Orthonychia) piso, Platyceras piso
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1884. Paleontology of the Eureka district. United States Geological Survey Monograph 8(8):1-298
Belongs to Palaeocapulus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Gordon and Yochelson 1987, Keyes 1890, Keyes 1894, Walcott 1884 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Palaeocapulus acutirostre, Palaeocapulus equilateralis, Palaeocapulus morsei, Palaeocapulus trigonus, Palaeocapulus undata
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage
Distribution: found only at USGS 561. Canyon on south side of conical hill, 3 miles southeast of Eureka (Carboniferous of Nevada)
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