Onychochilus abruptum Foerste 1893 (mollusk)

Paragastropoda - Mimospirida - Onychochilidae

Alternative combination: Paleopupa abrupta

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1893. Fossils of the Clinton group in Ohio and Indiana. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio 7(5):516-597

Belongs to Onychochilus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Foerste 1893 and Foerste 1923

Sister taxa: Onychochilus contrarium, Onychochilus perversa, Onychochilus pervertens, Onychochilus physa, Onychochilus reticulatum, Onychochilus reversus, Onychochilus sinistralis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Huffman Quarry ¾ miles southeast of the Insane Asylum, southeastern Dayton, which is in an Alexandrian carbonate limestone in the Brassfield Formation of Ohio

Distribution: found only at Huffman Quarry ¾ miles southeast of the Insane Asylum, southeastern Dayton

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