Oligoptycha popenoei Allison 1955 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

Full reference: E. C. Allison. 1955. Middle Cretaceous gastropoda from Punta China, Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 29(3):400-432

Belongs to Oligoptycha according to E. C. Allison 1955

Sister taxa: Cinulia (Oligoptycha) bistriata, Oligoptycha americana, Oligoptycha corrugata

Type specimen: UCMP 33710, a shell. Its type locality is Alisitos Fm. (UCB A-8331), which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal siltstone in the Alisitos Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Alisitos Fm. (UCB A-8331)

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