Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Full reference: R. L. Batten and W.L. Stokes. 1986. Early Triassic gastropods from the Sinbad Member of the Moenkopi Formation, San Rafael Swell, Utah. American Museum Novitates 2864:1-33
Belongs to Naticopsis (Naticopsis) according to R. L. Batten and W.L. Stokes 1986
Sister taxa: Naticopsis (Naticopsis) buttsi, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) clinovata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) consimilis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) elongata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) excentrica, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) globulina, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) glomerosa, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) heshanensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) khurensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) lilydalensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) minuta, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) ninglangensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) piriformis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) planispira, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) praealta, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) shizishanensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) shumardi, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) signata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) tayloriana, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) ziczac
Type specimen: AMNH 42978. Its type locality is AMNH3026, Windowblind Butte, San Rafael Swell, which is in a Smithian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Utah.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 2.90
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (8: Utah collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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