†Byzantia obliqua Kosnik 1997 (snail)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Gastropoda - Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Full reference: M. A. Kosnik. 1997. Byzantia: a new genus (Gastropoda: Neritopsidae) from the Permian of west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 71(1):53-56
Belongs to Byzantia according to M. A. Kosnik 2002
See also Kosnik 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 486319, a shell. Its type locality is USNM703a, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (12: Texas collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.