Gastropoda - Dendropupoidea - Dendropupidae
Alternative combination: Pupa vetusta
Full reference: J. W. Dawson. 1860. On a Terrestrial Mollusk, a Chilognathous Myriapod, and some New Species of Reptiles, from the Coal-Formation of Nova Scotia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 16:268-277
Belongs to Dendropupa according to R. Owen 1861
See also Dawson 1860
Sister taxon: Dendropupa primaeva
Type specimen: Its type locality is Coal Mine Point; Divison 4, Section XV, coal-group 15, which is in a Westphalian A mire/swamp sandstone/coal in the Joggins Formation of Canada
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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