Warthia welleri Yochelson 1960 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Full reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119(4):208-293

Belongs to Warthia according to S. A. Quiroz-Barroso et al. 2021

See also Ketwetsuriya et al. 2020 and Yochelson 1960

Sister taxa: Warthia americana, Warthia angustior, Warthia attalicus, Warthia borealis, Warthia brevisinuata, Warthia brevizonata, Warthia carinata, Warthia crassus, Warthia fissus, Warthia hisakatsui, Warthia huayingshanensis, Warthia imtatschanensis, Warthia inflata, Warthia intermedia, Warthia kingi, Warthia lata, Warthia micromphala, Warthia peregrinus, Warthia perspecta, Warthia polita, Warthia saundersi, Warthia semiaurita, Warthia stricta, Warthia vaceki, Warthia waageni, Warthia zakharovi, Stachella micra, Stachella pseudohelix, Stachella bicarinata

Type specimen: AMNH 28187, a shell

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), Thailand (1), United States (6: Texas)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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