Paraporcellia Blodgett and Johnson 1992 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

Alternative spelling: Porcellia (Paraporcellia)

Full reference: R. B. Blodgett and J. G. Johnson. 1992. Early Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Gastropods of Central Nevada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 222:85-139

Parent taxon: Porcelliinae according to J. Frýda 1997

See also Blodgett and Johnson 1992

Sister taxa: Barrandecirrus, Coloniacirrus, Martinidiscus, Porcellia, Zlatokonia

Subtaxa: Paraporcellia cornuarietis Paraporcellia rohri

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Type: Porcellia (Paraporcellia) rohri

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), Germany (4), United States (2: Nevada)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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