Portlockiella Knight 1945 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1945. Some new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 19(6):573-587

Parent taxon: Portlockiellidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Hammatospira, Nodonema, Permoconcha, Shansiella

Subtaxa: Portlockiella blanda Portlockiella elegans Portlockiella kentuckyensis

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Type: Portlockiella kentuckyensis

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Belgium (1 collection), Isle of Man (1), Poland (1), United States (2: Indiana, Kentucky)

• Devonian of Canada (1: Ontario)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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