Platyzona nitella Pan and Erwin 2002 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae

Full reference: H. -Z. Pan and D. H. Erwin. 2002. Gastropods from the Permian of Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces, South China. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 56:1-49

Belongs to Platyzona according to H. -Z. Pan and D. H. Erwin 2002

Sister taxa: Platyzona anguispira, Platyzona arkansana, Platyzona cancellata, Platyzona cirriformis, Platyzona dongluoensis, Platyzona eulkaiensis, Platyzona gradata, Platyzona hespera, Platyzona humilis, Platyzona khmeriana, Platyzona nodohumerosa, Platyzona pagoda, Platyzona pulchella, Platyzona rotunda, Platyzona shikhanensis, Platyzona trilineata

Type specimen: USNM 127641, a shell. Its type locality is Matan M40, Heshan, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Heshan Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Matan M40, Heshan

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