Leptoptygma Knight 1936 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1936. Notes on Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 10(6):520-534

Parent taxon: Soleniscidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Bandel 2002, Ketwetsuriya et al. 2020, Knight et al. 1960, Nützel et al. 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alaskacirrus, Bensbergia, Bulimorpha, Decorochilina, Havlicekiela, Ianthinopsis, Ischnoptygminae, Labridens, Macrocheilus permicus, Macrochilininae, Nanochilina, Palaeocarboninia, Procerithiopsis, Prokopiconchinae, Scalitina, Soleniscinae, Soleniscus

Subtaxa: Leptoptygma carrizoensis Leptoptygma fountainensis Leptoptygma golconda Leptoptygma gremechaensis Leptoptygma laetus Leptoptygma newtonensis Leptoptygma oligospira Leptoptygma simplex Leptoptygma subtilistriatum Leptoptygma virgatum

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (1)

• Carboniferous of China (1), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (11: Alabama, Illinois, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas)

• Devonian of United States (1: Iowa)

Total: 20 collections including 26 occurrences

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