Gastropoda - Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae

Full reference: R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon. 1981. The Pennsylvanian gastropod genus Microtychis Longstaff in Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 55(1):186-191

Belongs to Microptychis according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Hoare and Sturgeon 1981

Sister taxa: Microptychis cerithiformis, Microptychis constricta, Microptychis expetendus, Microptychis insolita, Microptychis permiana, Microptychis pygmaea, Microptychis turbineus, Microptychis wrighti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ty-3 60 cm shale zone, immediately above limestone at mall abandoned borrow pi, which is in a Desmoinesian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Putnam Hill Formation of Ohio.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Ty-3. 60 cm shale zone, immediately above limestone at mall abandoned borrow pi

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