Metoptoma recurva Berkey 1898 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae

Alternative combination: Hypseloconus recurva

Full reference: C.P. Berkey. 1898. Geology of the St. Croix Dalles, part 3. Paleontology. American Geologist 21:270-294

Belongs to Metoptoma according to R. P. Whitfield 1882

See also Berkey 1898, Knight 1941, Stinchcomb 1980, Stinchcomb 1986, Wagner 2023 and Whitfield 1878

Sister taxa: Metoptoma alceste, Metoptoma analoga, Metoptoma cornutaforme, Metoptoma devonica, Metoptoma elliptica, Metoptoma imbricatum, Metoptoma peroccidens, Metoptoma phillipsi, Metoptoma pileus, Metoptoma retrorsa, Metoptoma robusta, Metoptoma similis, Metoptoma texana

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metoptoma recurva in the database

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