Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Full reference: M.L. Thein and M.H. Nitecki. 1974. Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Gastropoda of the Illinois basin. Fieldiana: Geology, New Series 34:1-238
Belongs to Leptoptygma according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Pan and Erwin 2002 and Thein and Nitecki 1974
Sister taxa: Leptoptygma carrizoensis, Leptoptygma fountainensis, Leptoptygma gremechaensis, Leptoptygma laetus, Leptoptygma newtonensis, Leptoptygma oligospira, Leptoptygma simplex, Leptoptygma subtilistriatum, Leptoptygma virgatum
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of China (1 collection), United States (1: Illinois)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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