Tergomya - Archinacellida - Damilinidae
Alternative combination: Lepetopsis patella
Full reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119(4):208-293
Belongs to Novlepatella according to Y.I. Starobogatov and A.V. Mazaev 1999
See also Yochelson 1960
Sister taxa: Novlepatella beedei, Novlepatella kljasmiensis, Novlepatella kossovajae, Novlepatella nikolskii, Novlepatella parrishi, Novlepatella uralensis
Type specimen: USNM 119982, a shell. Its type locality is USNM701g, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.