Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae

Alternative combinations: Natica shumardi, Naticopsis shumardi

Full reference: A. M. McChesney. 1859. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Paleozoic rocks of the western states. Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 1:1-76

Belongs to Naticopsis (Naticopsis) according to E. L. Yochelson and B.W. Saunders 1967

See also Knight 1933, McChesney 1859, McChesney 1865, McChesney 1868 and White 1891

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) shizishanensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) signata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) tayloriana, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) utahensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) ziczac

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Godwin Creek (Permian of Texas)

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