Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Colloniidae
Full reference: R. L. Batten and W.L. Stokes. 1986. Early Triassic gastropods from the Sinbad Member of the Moenkopi Formation, San Rafael Swell, Utah. American Museum Novitates 2864:1-33
Belongs to Chartronella according to R. L. Batten and W.L. Stokes 1986
Sister taxa: Chartronella gradata, Chartronella grossouvrei, Chartronella longjubaensis, Chartronella maedai, Chartronella noszkyi, Chartronella pagina, Chartronella philemon
Type specimen: AMNH 42971. Its type locality is AMNH3026, Windowblind Butte, San Rafael Swell, which is in a Smithian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Utah.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 3.60
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (7: Utah collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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