Babylonites turritus Yochelson 1956 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae

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 Babylonites according to E. L. Yochelson 1956

Sister taxa: Babylonites acutus, Babylonites carinatus, Babylonites conicus, Babylonites conoideus, Babylonites ferrieri

Type specimen: USNM 119137. Its type locality is USNM702, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (16: Texas collections)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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