Bulimorpha elegans Girty 1927 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1927. Descriptions of new species of Carboniferous and Triassic fossils (from southeastern Idaho). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 152:411-446

Belongs to Bulimorpha according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Easton 1962, Girty 1927 and Thein and Nitecki 1974

Sister taxa: Bulimorpha bulimiformis, Bulimorpha elongata, Bulimorpha lavrskyi, Bulimorpha melanioides, Bulimorpha micra, Bulimorpha minor, Bulimorpha whitfieldi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS "blue file" Loc. 13414 (Carboniferous of Montana)

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