Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Alternative combination: Naticopsis (Naticopsis) depresispirus
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 Abrekopsis according to R. Hofmann and A. Nützel 2013
See also Batten and Stokes 1986 and Kaim 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 42975. 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 5.13
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (4 collections), United States (16: Utah)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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