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Naticopsis carleyana
Taxonomy
Natica carleyana was named by Hall (1856) [Natica Carleyana]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana.
It was recombined as Naticopsis carleyana by Whitfield (1882), Hall (1883) and Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Naticopsis carleyana by Whitfield (1882), Hall (1883) and Wagner (2023).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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†Naticopsis carleyana Hall 1856
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Diagnosis
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J. Hall 1856 | Shell sub-globose; spire short, consisting of about three volutions, which increase very rapidly, the last one extremely ventricose; suture not distinctly defined; aperture ovate, straight on the columellar side; outer lip sharp; inner lip thickened; columella with a distinct groove near the base of the lip for the reception of the operculum; surface marked by fine elevated striae corresponding to the lines of, growth. Height .1o to .30; diameter .08 to .34 of an inch." |