Dicosmos (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae

Alternative spelling: Naticopsis (Dicosmos)

Parent taxon: Naticopsidae according to A. Nützel and D.H. Erwin 2004

See also Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Wang and Xi 1980

Sister taxa: Abrekopsis, Ampezzonaticopsinae, Colpites, Frombachia, Hologyrinae, Jedria, Naticopsis, Planospirina, Pseudoplagiothyra, Tubospirina

Subtaxa: Dicosmos conoideus Dicosmos declivis Dicosmos globosus Dicosmos mammispira Naticopsis (Dicosmos) applanatus Naticopsis (Dicosmos) compressus Naticopsis (Dicosmos) declivis Naticopsis (Dicosmos) eyerichi Naticopsis (Dicosmos) sichuanensis

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (10 collections), Germany (2), Hungary (2), Iran (1), Italy (10), Slovakia (3), Switzerland (1), United States (1: Idaho)

• Permian of China (2)

Total: 32 collections including 36 occurrences

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