Hypselentoma inornata Meek 1872 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combination: Pleurotomaria inornata

Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1872. Report on the paleontology of eastern Nebraska with some remarks on the Carboniferous rocks of that district. U. S. 42nd Congress, 1st session, House Ex. Document 19:83-264

Belongs to Hypselentoma according to J. M. Weller 1929

See also Meek 1872

Sister taxa: Hypselentoma memmiae, Hypselentoma ornata, Hypselentoma perhumerosa, Hypselentoma welleri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Pillsbury Shale Formation of Nebraska

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Nebraska, Ohio collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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