Amphiscapha Knight 1942 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Alternative spelling: Straparollus (Amphiscapha)

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1942. Four new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 16(4):487-488

Parent taxon: Euomphalinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight et al. 1960, Linsley and Kier 1984, Morris and Cleevely 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Heteronodosus, Leptomphalus, Paromphalus, Planotectus, Pseudomphalotrochus

Subtaxa: Amphiscapha (Amphiscapha) Amphiscapha browni Amphiscapha calix Amphiscapha catilloides Amphiscapha hollingsworthi Amphiscapha intermedius Amphiscapha marginatus Amphiscapha mongolicus Amphiscapha muricata Amphiscapha peruviana Amphiscapha proxima Amphiscapha reedsi Amphiscapha subquadrata Amphiscapha subrugosa Amphiscapha subsulcata Amphiscapha uralensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Peru (3), United States (51: Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah)

• Virgilian of United States (10: Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Desmoinesian of United States (36: Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas)

• Pennsylvanian of United States (4: Kentucky, Nebraska, Ohio)

• Chesterian of United States (1: Montana)

• Carboniferous of Peru (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (67: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 178 collections including 185 occurrences

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