Chepultapecia leiosomella Sardeson 1896 (snail)

Gastropoda - Eogastropoda - Sinuopeidae

Alternative combinations: Raphistoma leiosomella, Sinuopea leiosomella

Full reference: F. W. Sardeson. 1896. The fauna of the Magnesian Series. Bulletin of the Minnesota Academy of Sciences 4:92-105

Belongs to Chepultapecia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight 1941, Knight et al. 1960, Sardeson 1896, Wagner 1999 and Weller and St. Clair 1928

Sister taxa: Sinuopea advena, Sinuopea basiplanata, Sinuopea cingulata, Sinuopea emminencis, Sinuopea humerosa, Sinuopea humilis, Sinuopea obesa, Sinuopea parva, Sinuopea stclairi, Sinuopea sweeti, Sinuopea typicalis, Sinuopea vera, Sinuopea whittardi

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at 255-t (= U. 15). 2.33 miles east of Jasper. Sequatchie Valley (Ordovician of Tennessee)

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