Dendropupa vetusta Dawson 1860 (snail)

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

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