Leptoptygma newtonensis Whitfield 1882 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Alternative combination: Holopea newtonensis

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 Leptoptygma according to R. D. Hoare 2004

See also Whitfield 1882

Sister taxa: Leptoptygma carrizoensis, Leptoptygma fountainensis, Leptoptygma golconda, Leptoptygma gremechaensis, Leptoptygma laetus, Leptoptygma oligospira, Leptoptygma simplex, Leptoptygma subtilistriatum, Leptoptygma virgatum

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Ohio collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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