Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Portlockiellidae

Full reference: R. L. Batten. 1958. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 2. Pleurotomariacea: Portlockiellidae, Phymatopleuridae, and Eotomariidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 114(2):153-246

Belongs to Shansiella according to R. L. Batten 1958

Sister taxa: Shansiella altispiralis, Shansiella beckwithana, Shansiella broadheadi, Shansiella carbonaria, Shansiella globosa, Shansiella planicostata, Shansiella tabulata, Shansiella tongxinensis

Type specimen: USNM 133297a. Its type locality is USNM712f, Ruddy Tank, Hueco Mountains, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hueco Formation of Texas.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 3.08