Naticopsis minima Brown 1839 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae

Alternative combinations: Littorina minima, Natica minima

Synonyms: Littorina hercynica Geinitz 1848, Natica hercynica Geinitz 1848, Natica leibnitziana King 1848

Full reference: T. Brown. 1839. Description of the fossil shells found at Newton, Manchester. Transactions of the Geological Society of Manchester 1:63-66

Belongs to Naticopsis according to A. V. Mazaev 2015

See also Airaghi 1907, Brown 1839, Dietz 1911, Geinitz 1861, Hollingworth and Barker 1991, Howse 1848, Howse 1857, King 1850, Pattison 1970 and Pattison 1977

Sister taxa: Naticopsis (Naticopsis), Naticopsis (Vernelia), Naticopsis ableptis, Naticopsis aequistriata, Naticopsis alta, Naticopsis alterodensis, Naticopsis altispirata, Naticopsis altoni, Naticopsis americana, Naticopsis apachensis, Naticopsis apollinis, Naticopsis bowsheri, Naticopsis carleyana, Naticopsis carlyana, Naticopsis chesterensis, Naticopsis comperta, Naticopsis confusa, Naticopsis consobrina, Naticopsis convoluta, Naticopsis cretacea, Naticopsis deformis, Naticopsis deformis, Naticopsis depressa, Naticopsis depressa, Naticopsis depressa, Naticopsis dianae, Naticopsis efossa, Naticopsis elegantula, Naticopsis elliptica, Naticopsis errans, Naticopsis eruca, Naticopsis extensa, Naticopsis fasciata, Naticopsis gaderana, Naticopsis gaillardoti, Naticopsis genevievensis, Naticopsis globosa, Naticopsis gracilis, Naticopsis guizhouensis, Naticopsis hallii, Naticopsis heshanensis, Naticopsis indica, Naticopsis inflata, Naticopsis inornata, Naticopsis inornata, Naticopsis insculpta, Naticopsis involuta, Naticopsis irregularis, Naticopsis judithae, Naticopsis kaibabensis, Naticopsis kansuensis, Naticopsis kayseri, Naticopsis koljanuriensis, Naticopsis ladina, Naticopsis laeta, Naticopsis lateaperta, Naticopsis laubei, Naticopsis levis, Naticopsis limneiformis, Naticopsis manitobensis, Naticopsis marginata, Naticopsis mariona, Naticopsis marthaae, Naticopsis mediterranea, Naticopsis microtricha, Naticopsis minoensis, Naticopsis minuta, Naticopsis minuta, Naticopsis naticaeformis, Naticopsis nexicosta, Naticopsis oncochiliformis, Naticopsis opimavoluta, Naticopsis osbornei, Naticopsis ovalis, Naticopsis ovoidea, Naticopsis ovulum, Naticopsis paucivolutus, Naticopsis pegmihumerosa, Naticopsis permica, Naticopsis petricola, Naticopsis phillipsi, Naticopsis planapicula, Naticopsis planifrons, Naticopsis plebeia, Naticopsis plena, Naticopsis plicatella, Naticopsis plicatula, Naticopsis primigenia, Naticopsis priscus, Naticopsis protei, Naticopsis protogaea, Naticopsis purpura, Naticopsis remex, Naticopsis retusa, Naticopsis ribletella, Naticopsis ruchholzi, Naticopsis scintilla, Naticopsis semistriata, Naticopsis sessilis, Naticopsis sirodoti, Naticopsis sokensis, Naticopsis spallanzanii, Naticopsis spectata, Naticopsis sumatrensis, Naticopsis suturicompta, Naticopsis taemasensis, Naticopsis tettenbornensis, Naticopsis tortum, Naticopsis transversa, Naticopsis trautscholdi, Naticopsis trevorpaticiciorum, Naticopsis tschernyschewi, Naticopsis tumescens, Naticopsis velox, Naticopsis virgata, Naticopsis waageni, Naticopsis wakehami, Naticopsis wakimizui, Naticopsis waterlooensis, Naticopsis wortheniana, Naticopsis yinganensis, Naticopsis (Neritomopsis) arenicola, Naticopsis (Neritomopsis) minuta, Naticopsis (Neritomopsis) ambiensis

Type specimens:

  • Naticopsis minima: Its type locality is Newtown, River Irk, Bed 4, which is in a Wuchiapingian shallow subtidal packstone in the United Kingdom
  • Natica hercynica:
  • Natica leibnitziana:

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Permian of Germany (1 collection), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (6), the United Kingdom (21)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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