Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Maturifusidae
Alternative combination: Kittliconcha sciaphostera
Full reference: R. L. Batten and W.L. Stokes. 1986. Early Triassic gastropods from the Sinbad Member of the Moenkopi Formation, San Rafael Swell, Utah. American Museum Novitates 2864:1-33
Belongs to Pseudotritonium according to A. Nützel 2010
See also Batten and Stokes 1986 and Nützel and Schulbert 2005
Sister taxa: Palaeotriton avena, Palaeotriton macrostoma, Palaeotriton laubei, Palaeotriton venustus
Type specimen: AMNH 42994. Its type locality is AMNH3026, Windowblind Butte, San Rafael Swell, which is in a Smithian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Utah.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 3.30
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.