Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Alternative combination: Naticopsis ziczac
Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1882. Descriptions of new species of fossils from Ohio, with remarks on some of the geological formations in which they occur. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2:193-244
Belongs to Naticopsis (Naticopsis) according to R. D. Hoare 2004
See also Morse 1911, Whitfield 1882, Whitfield 1891 and Whitfield 1895
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) shumardi, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) signata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) tayloriana, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) utahensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Newtonville, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Maxville Formation of Ohio
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (7: Ohio collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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