Ischnoptygma Erwin 1988 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Ischnoptygmatidae

Full reference: D. H. Erwin. 1988. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States: Subulitacea. Journal of Paleontology 62(1):56-69

Parent taxon: Ischnoptygmatidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Erwin 1988, Nützel et al. 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Ischnoptygma archibaldi Ischnoptygma valentinei

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at USNM703, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)

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