Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae

Alternative combination: Omphaloptychia hormolira

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 Omphaloptycha according to A. Kaim 2009

See also Batten and Stokes 1986

Sister taxa: Omphaloptycha aequalis, Omphaloptycha aldrovandii, Omphaloptycha alsatiorum, Omphaloptycha altenburgensis, Omphaloptycha angulata, Omphaloptycha angustaperta, Omphaloptycha bacchus, Omphaloptycha breislaki, Omphaloptycha burgbergensis, Omphaloptycha cacuana, Omphaloptycha carabusana, Omphaloptycha concavoconvexa, Omphaloptycha concinna, Omphaloptycha dezzoana, Omphaloptycha escheri, Omphaloptycha exornata, Omphaloptycha extensa, Omphaloptycha gansuensis, Omphaloptycha heeri, Omphaloptycha humilis, Omphaloptycha inflata, Omphaloptycha irritata, Omphaloptycha jaworskii, Omphaloptycha jenksi, Omphaloptycha laticonvexa, Omphaloptycha lineata, Omphaloptycha ludwigi, Omphaloptycha maironii, Omphaloptycha marianii, Omphaloptycha nymphoides, Omphaloptycha obesa, Omphaloptycha pachygaster, Omphaloptycha peracuta, Omphaloptycha pinii, Omphaloptycha polyphemus, Omphaloptycha princeps, Omphaloptycha pupoidea, Omphaloptycha pupoides, Omphaloptycha quadricarinata, Omphaloptycha retracta, Omphaloptycha reyeri, Omphaloptycha rosthorni, Omphaloptycha scalaris, Omphaloptycha schmidti, Omphaloptycha shastensis, Omphaloptycha smithii, Omphaloptycha speciosa, Omphaloptycha subextensa, Omphaloptycha sulcellata, Omphaloptycha turris, Omphaloptycha zitteli

Type specimen: AMNH 43010. 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

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 3.76

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