Amphiscapha (Amphiscapha) dextrata 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 Amphiscapha (Amphiscapha) according to E. L. Yochelson 1956

Sister taxon: Amphiscapha (Amphiscapha) gigantea

Type specimen: USNM 119116, a shell. Its type locality is AMNH51, Hueco Inn, Hueco Mountains, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hueco Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (2: New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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