Dictyotomaria depressus Weller 1916 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combinations: Glyptomaria (Dictyotomaria) depressus, Ptychomphalus depressus

Full reference: S. Weller. 1916. Description of the Ste. Genevieve limestone fauna from Monroe County, Illinois. Contributions of the Walker Museum, University of Chicago 1:243-265

Belongs to Dictyotomaria according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Thein and Nitecki 1974 and Weller 1916

Sister taxa: Dictyotomaria balabanovi, Dictyotomaria capillaria, Dictyotomaria carlbransoni, Dictyotomaria concinna, Dictyotomaria decora, 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 scitula, Dictyotomaria subcancellata, Dictyotomaria transcostata, Dictyotomaria triassica, Dictyotomaria turrisbabel, Dictyotomaria wortheni, Dictyotomaria yochelsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Ste. Genevieve Formation of Illinois.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo

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