Leptoptygma fountainensis Weller 1916 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Alternative combination: Holopea fountainensis

Full reference: S. Weller. 1916. Description of the Ste. Genevieve limestone fauna from Monroe County, Illinois. Contributions of the Walker Museum, University of Chicago 1:243-265

Belongs to Leptoptygma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Weller 1916

Sister taxa: Leptoptygma carrizoensis, Leptoptygma golconda, Leptoptygma gremechaensis, Leptoptygma laetus, Leptoptygma newtonensis, Leptoptygma oligospira, Leptoptygma simplex, Leptoptygma subtilistriatum, Leptoptygma virgatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Ste. Genevieve Formation of Illinois.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo

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