Bembexia inumbilicata Yochelson and Dutro 1960 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Full reference: E. L. Yochelson and J.T. Dutro. 1960. Late Paleozoic Gastropoda from northern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 334(D):111-147

Belongs to Bembexia according to E. L. Yochelson and J.T. Dutro 1960

Sister taxa: Bembexia adjutor, Bembexia babini, Bembexia chapernowni, Bembexia crenatostriata, Bembexia disjuncta, Bembexia gradilispira, Bembexia headillus, Bembexia insolita, Bembexia laevis, Bembexia larteti, Bembexia micula, Bembexia minima, Bembexia neapolitana, Bembexia seminuda, Bembexia tricinctus

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 10862. Cutbank on north side of Monotis Creek, which is in a Holkerian carbonate limestone in the Alapah Formation of Alaska.

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (4: Alaska collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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