Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
Full reference: D. H. Erwin. 1988. The genus Glyptospira (Gastropoda: Trochacea) from the Permian of the southwestern United States. Journal of Paleontology 62(6):868-879
Belongs to Glyptospira according to A. Nützel and K. Nakazawa 2012
See also Erwin 1988
Sister taxa: Glyptospira arelela, Glyptospira cingulata, Glyptospira cristulata, Glyptospira huecoensis, Glyptospira pinna, Glyptospira quadriserrata, Glyptospira sonorensis, Glyptospira tunstallensis, Glyptospira turrita
Type specimen: USNM 419284, a shell. Its type locality is USNM724, Gym Peak, Florida Mountains, which is in a Sakmarian shallow subtidal limestone in the Alacran Mountain Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal detritivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 2.46
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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