Gastropoda - Eogastropoda - Sinuopeidae
Full reference: C. Butts. 1926. The Paleozoic rocks. Geological Survey Alabama, Special Report 14:41-230
Belongs to Schizopea according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Butts 1926 and Ulrich et al. 1931
Sister taxa: Schizopea abrupta, Schizopea dubia, Schizopea elevata, Schizopea grandis, Schizopea normalis, Schizopea primordialis, Schizopea subrotunda, Schizopea transitans, Schizopea typica, Schizopea wanwanensis, Schizopea wanwankouensis, Rhachopea washburnensis
Type specimen: USNM 71428, a shell. Its type locality is North Birmingham, which is in a Trempealeauan carbonate dolomite/chert in the Copper Ridge Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution: found only at North Birmingham
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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