Gastropoda - Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Alternative combinations: Loxonema cerithiformis, Streptacis cerithiformis, Trypanostylus cerithiformis
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1860. Description of new Carboniferous fossils from Illinois and other western states. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12:447-472
Belongs to Microptychis according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Delpey 1942, Hoare et al. 1997, Kues and Batten 2001, Meek and Worthen 1860, Meek and Worthen 1866, Sturgeon 1964 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Microptychis constricta, Microptychis expetendus, Microptychis insolita, Microptychis occabus, Microptychis permiana, Microptychis pygmaea, Microptychis turbineus, Microptychis wrighti
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: New Mexico, Ohio collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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