Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Full reference: M., J.r. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson. 1982. A Naticopsis operculum found in situ (Gastropoda: Mississippian). Journal of Paleontology 56(1):260-265
Belongs to Naticopsis (Naticopsis) according to M., Jr. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson 1982
Sister taxa: Naticopsis (Naticopsis) clinovata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) consimilis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) elongata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) excentrica, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) globulina, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) glomerosa, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) heshanensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) khurensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) lilydalensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) minuta, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) ninglangensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) piriformis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) planispira, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) praealta, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) shizishanensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) shumardi, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) signata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) tayloriana, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) utahensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) ziczac
Type specimen: USNM 98098, a shell. Its type locality is State highway 627, valley of Indian Creek, near Mouth of Laurel, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone/shale in the St. Louis Limestone Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at State highway 627, valley of Indian Creek, near Mouth of Laurel
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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