Discotropis girtyi Yochelson 1956 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Full reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1956. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 1. Euomphalacea, Trochonematacea, Pesudophoracea, Anomphalacea, Craspedostomatacea, and Platyceratacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 110(3):173-276

Belongs to Discotropis according to D. M. Rohr et al. 2022

See also Yochelson 1956

Sister taxa: Discotropis klobukowskii, Discotropis publicus, Discotropis sulcifer, Discotropis turritus

Type specimen: USNM 119151. Its type locality is PU3, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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