Colpites Knight 1936 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1936. Notes on Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 10(6):520-534

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

See also Knight 1936, Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Abrekopsis, Ampezzonaticopsinae, Dicosmos, Frombachia, Hologyrinae, Jedria, Naticopsis, Planospirina, Pseudoplagiothyra, Tubospirina

Subtaxa: Colpites lirata Colpites minutus Colpites monilifera Colpites striata Colpites tiara

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Type: Naticopsis monilifera

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (8: Nevada, Texas collections), Venezuela (1)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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