Babylonites Yochelson 1956 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae

Full reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1956. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 1. Euomphalacea, Trochonematacea, Pesudophoracea, Anomphalacea, Craspedostomatacea, and Platyceratacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 110(3):173-276

Parent taxon: Omphalotrochidae according to C. Ketwetsuriya et al. 2014

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

Sister taxa: Arastra, Archaeosphera, Bassotrochus, Cinclidonema, Coronopsis, Fujispira, Labrocuspis, Omphalotrochus, Orecopia, Sylvestria, Trochonemopsis

Subtaxa: Babylonites acutus Babylonites carinatus Babylonites conicus Babylonites conoideus Babylonites ferrieri Babylonites turritus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Leonard of United States (1: Idaho collection)

• Permian of Mexico (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (41: Idaho, Montana, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 48 collections including 61 occurrences

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