Leptoptygma subtilistriatum Knight 1931 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Alternative combination: Auriptygma subtilistriatum

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1931. The gastropods of the St. Louis, Missouri, Pennsylvanian outlier: the Subulitidae. Journal of Paleontology 5(3):177-229

Belongs to Leptoptygma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight 1931, Kues and Batten 2001, Thein and Nitecki 1974 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967

Sister taxa: Leptoptygma carrizoensis, Leptoptygma fountainensis, Leptoptygma golconda, Leptoptygma gremechaensis, Leptoptygma laetus, Leptoptygma newtonensis, Leptoptygma oligospira, Leptoptygma simplex, Leptoptygma virgatum

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

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

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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