Microptychis wrighti Longstaff 1912 (snail)

Gastropoda - Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae

Full reference: J. D. Longstaff. 1912. Some new lower Carboniferous Gastropoda. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 68:295-309

Belongs to Microptychis according to R. L. Batten 1966

See also Longstaff 1912 and Longstaff 1933

Sister taxa: Microptychis cerithiformis, Microptychis constricta, Microptychis expetendus, Microptychis insolita, Microptychis occabus, Microptychis permiana, Microptychis pygmaea, Microptychis turbineus

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Cliff Quarry, 450 yards W27˚S of Compton Martin Church, Compton Martin, Mar (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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