Colpites monilifera White 1880 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae

Holotype presumed lost. USGS 2963 was designated a hypotype by Knight (1941).

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Alternative combinations: Angyomphalus moniliferus, Naticopsis monilifera

Full reference: C. A. White. 1880. Contributions to invertebrate paleontology, No. 6; certain Carboniferous fossils from western states and territories. United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Annual Report 12(1):119-141

Belongs to Colpites according to J. B. Knight 1941

See also Girty 1903, Keyes 1894, Knight 1933, Knight 1936, Morgan 1924, White 1880 and White 1881

Sister taxa: Colpites lirata, Colpites minutus, Colpites striata, Colpites tiara

Type specimen: USGS 2963, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (5: Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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