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Naticopsis (Naticopsis) buttsi

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Taxonomy
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) buttsi was named by Gordon and Yochelson (1982) [Naticopsis (Naticopsis?) buttsi = Strophostylus carleyanus (Hall) of Butts 1941. ]. Its type specimen is USNM 98098, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is State highway 627, valley of Indian Creek, near Mouth of Laurel, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone/shale in the St. Louis Limestone Formation of Virginia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Naticopsis (Naticopsis) buttsi Gordon and Yochelson pp. 260 - 262 figs. 1A-R

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusNaticopsis
subgenusNaticopsisM'Coy 1844
speciesbuttsi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Naticopsis (Naticopsis) buttsi Gordon and Yochelson 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Body part: shellg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-12-22 09:38:38
Modified: 2010-02-04 09:57:44
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Knight 1933

Age range: Meramecian or 345.00000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian345.0 - 336.0USA (Virginia) Strophostylus carleyanus (type locality: 64639)