Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1945. Some new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 19(6):573-587
Parent taxon: Omphalotrochidae according to R. M. Linsley and W.M. Kier 1984
See also Knight et al. 1960, Morris and Cleevely 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arastra, Archaeosphera, Babylonites, Bassotrochus, Cinclidonema, Coronopsis, Fujispira, Labrocuspis, Omphalotrochus, Sylvestria, Trochonemopsis
Subtaxa: Orecopia circinatus Orecopia cotei Orecopia inopinata Orecopia kadzielniae Orecopia mccoyi Orecopia murrayi Orecopia priscum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Devonian of Australia (1), Canada (2: British columbia, Northwest Territories), Poland (4), United States (5: Alaska, California, Iowa, Nevada)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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