Euconospira varizona Batten 1958 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Full reference: R. L. Batten. 1958. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 2. Pleurotomariacea: Portlockiellidae, Phymatopleuridae, and Eotomariidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 114(2):153-246

Belongs to Euconospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Batten 1958 and Thein and Nitecki 1974

Sister taxa: Euconispira bicarinata, Euconospira conica, Euconospira conimorpha, Euconospira conula, Euconospira cryptolirata, Euconospira desereti, Euconospira disjuncta, Euconospira elegantula, Euconospira elongata, Euconospira equisita, Euconospira halliana, Euconospira hermosana, Euconospira missouriensis, Euconospira neptuni, Euconospira nipponica, Euconospira nodosa, Euconospira obsoleta, Euconospira perlimbata, Euconospira planoconvexa, Euconospira skuini, Euconospira spiroperforata, Euconospira striatula, Euconospira sturgeoni, Euconospira trochiformis, Euconospira turbiniformis, Euconospira waterlooensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM701g, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 13.4

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (8: Texas collections)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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