Strophostylus nevadensis Gordon and Yochelson 1983 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Full reference: M., J.r. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson. 1983. A gastropod fauna from the Cravenoceras hesperium ammonoid zone (Upper Mississippian) in east-central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 57(5):971-991

Belongs to Strophostylus according to M., Jr. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson 1983

Sister taxa: Strophostylus andrewsi, Strophostylus bivolve, Strophostylus cancellata, Strophostylus chesterensis, Strophostylus cyclostomus, Strophostylus elegans, Strophostylus elevatus, Strophostylus fitchi, Strophostylus fortuitus, Strophostylus girtyi, Strophostylus globosus, Strophostylus matheri, Strophostylus obtusus, Strophostylus sargalensis, Strophostylus tantillus, Strophostylus transversus, Strophostylus unica, Strophostylus wortheni

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 23837-PC, which is in a Pendleian shallow subtidal limestone in the Diamond Peak Formation of Nevada

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage

Distribution: found only at USGS 23837-PC

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