Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Alternative combinations: Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) scitula, Pleurotomaria scitula, Yvania scitula
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 Dictyotomaria according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight 1945, Kues and Batten 2001, Meek and Worthen 1860, Meek and Worthen 1866, Plummer and Hornberger 1935, Sturgeon 1964, Sturgeon 1964, Termier and Termier 1977 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Dictyotomaria balabanovi, Dictyotomaria capillaria, Dictyotomaria carlbransoni, Dictyotomaria concinna, Dictyotomaria decora, Dictyotomaria depressus, Dictyotomaria ella, Dictyotomaria euglyphea, Dictyotomaria eurocapillaria, Dictyotomaria faceta, Dictyotomaria hisingeri, Dictyotomaria itylus, Dictyotomaria marginata, Dictyotomaria meekana, Dictyotomaria nyi, Dictyotomaria pistra, Dictyotomaria quadrilineata, Dictyotomaria quasicapillaria, Dictyotomaria reticulatus, Dictyotomaria subcancellata, Dictyotomaria transcostata, Dictyotomaria triassica, Dictyotomaria turrisbabel, Dictyotomaria wortheni, Dictyotomaria yochelsoni
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Tunisia (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (4: New Mexico, Ohio, Texas)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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