Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Alternative combination: Omphalotrochus ferrieri
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. On some new and old species of Carboniferous fossils. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1614):281-303
Belongs to Babylonites according to E. L. Yochelson and B.W. Saunders 1967
See also Girty 1908, Girty 1910, Girty 1927 and Yochelson 1956
Sister taxa: Babylonites acutus, Babylonites carinatus, Babylonites conicus, Babylonites conoideus, Babylonites turritus
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 3511, Cap Rock Mine, Montpelier Canyon, Bear Lake County, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Phosphoria Formation of Idaho
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Idaho collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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