Hypselentoma perhumerosa Meek 1872 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combination: Pleurotomaria perhumerosa

Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1872. Report on the paleontology of eastern Nebraska with some remarks on the Carboniferous rocks of that district. U. S. 42nd Congress, 1st session, House Ex. Document 19:83-264

Belongs to Hypselentoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Meek 1872 and Weller 1929

Sister taxa: Hypselentoma inornata, Hypselentoma memmiae, Hypselentoma ornata, Hypselentoma welleri

Type specimen: USNM 6958, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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