†Leptoptygma simplex Knight 1931 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Alternative combination: Auriptygma simplex
Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1931. The gastropods of the St. Louis, Missouri, Pennsylvanian outlier: the Subulitidae. Journal of Paleontology 5(3):177-229
Belongs to Leptoptygma according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight 1931, Kues and Batten 2001 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Leptoptygma carrizoensis, Leptoptygma fountainensis, Leptoptygma golconda, Leptoptygma gremechaensis, Leptoptygma laetus, Leptoptygma newtonensis, Leptoptygma oligospira, Leptoptygma subtilistriatum, Leptoptygma virgatum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Talpa (Carboniferous of New Mexico)
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