Catazona Gordon and Yochelson 1983 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Full reference: M., J.r. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson. 1983. A gastropod fauna from the Cravenoceras hesperium ammonoid zone (Upper Mississippian) in east-central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 57(5):971-991

Parent taxon: Phymatopleuridae according to M., Jr. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson 1983

See also Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: Altotomaria, Austroscalata, Borestus, Callitomaria, Discotomaria, Eirlysia, Euryalox, Eymarella, Fetaspira, Juvenispira, Lamellospira, Paragoniozona, Perakella, Phymatopleura, Tapinotomaria, Termihabena, Trochotomaria, Vicnigoria, Worthenia

Subtaxa: Catazona rudilirata

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Type: Catazona rudilirata

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 23836-PC (Carboniferous of Nevada)

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