Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
Alternative combination: Patella levettei
Full reference: C. A. White. 1882. Fossils of the Indiana focks, no. 2. Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural History 11:347-401
Belongs to Lepetopsis according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Thein and Nitecki 1974, White 1882 and Whitfield 1882
Sister taxa: Lepetopsis anthracophila, Lepetopsis artiensis, Lepetopsis capitanensis, Lepetopsis chesterensis, Lepetopsis franae, Lepetopsis haworthi, Lepetopsis peregrina, Lepetopsis petasus, Lepetopsis petricola, Lepetopsis phillipsi, Lepetopsis retrorsa, Lepetopsis shuangjingziensis, Lepetopsis taxiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana
Distribution: found only at Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem
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