Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
Full reference: H. Chronic. 1952. Molluscan fauna from the Permian Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 63(2):95-166
Belongs to Glyptospira according to S. S. Winters 1963
See also Chronic 1952 and Erwin 1988
Sister taxa: Glyptospira arelela, Glyptospira cingulata, Glyptospira huecoensis, Glyptospira pinna, Glyptospira quadriserrata, Glyptospira sonorensis, Glyptospira tricostata, Glyptospira tunstallensis, Glyptospira turrita
Type specimen: AMNH 27108:1, a shell. Its type locality is Rimmy Jim Tank, Kaibab Formation, Coconino County, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal detritivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 3.19
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: Arizona collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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