Knightites multicornutus Moore 1941 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative combination: Knightites (Knightites) multicornutus

Full reference: R. C. Moore. 1941. Upper Pennsylvanian gastropods from Kansas. State Geological Survey of Kansas Bulletin 38(4):121-162

Belongs to Knightites according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight et al. 1960 and Moore 1941

Sister taxa: Knightites (Knightites), Knightites bransoni, Knightites maximus, Knightites medius

Type specimen: KU 32693, a shell. Its type locality is US Highway 40, 9.4 miles west of Lawrence, 3 miles south of Lecompton, which is in a Virgilian carbonate limestone in the Deer Creek Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at US Highway 40, 9.4 miles west of Lawrence, 3 miles south of Lecompton

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