Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Full reference: H. Chronic. 1952. Molluscan fauna from the Permian Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 63(2):95-166
Parent taxon: Lophospiridae according to A. Nützel and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1999
See also Chronic 1952, Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arjamannia, Biarmeaspira, Donaldiella, Ectomaria, Frodospira, Gyronematinae, Hanusispira, Kawanamia, Longstaffia, Lophospira, Lophospirinae, Loxoplocus, Manzanospira, Paupospira, Ptychozone, Ruedemannia, Ruedemanniinae, Ruedemanninae, Triredimiculum, Yiningicus, Yochelsonospira
Subtaxa: Platyworthenia delicata Platyworthenia lantenoisi
Type: Platyworthenia delicata
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Cambodia (3 collections), United States (13: Arizona, Nevada, Utah), Venezuela (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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