Naticopsis (Naticopsis) shizishanensis Pan and Erwin 2002 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae

Full reference: H. -Z. Pan and D. H. Erwin. 2002. Gastropods from the Permian of Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces, South China. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 56:1-49

Belongs to Naticopsis (Naticopsis) according to H. -Z. Pan and D. H. Erwin 2002

Sister taxa: Naticopsis (Naticopsis) buttsi, 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) shumardi, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) signata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) tayloriana, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) utahensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) ziczac

Type specimen: USNM 127634, a shell. Its type locality is Shizishan, ADL703, Luogu Lake, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Changhsing Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Shizishan, ADL703, Luogu Lake

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