Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Alternative combination: Naticopsis wortheni
Full reference: S. Weller. 1916. Description of the Ste. Genevieve limestone fauna from Monroe County, Illinois. Contributions of the Walker Museum, University of Chicago 1:243-265
Belongs to Strophostylus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Frýda 1998, Thein and Nitecki 1974 and Weller 1916
Sister taxa: Strophostylus andrewsi, Strophostylus bivolve, Strophostylus cancellata, Strophostylus chesterensis, Strophostylus cyclostomus, Strophostylus elegans, Strophostylus elevatus, Strophostylus fitchi, Strophostylus fortuitus, Strophostylus girtyi, Strophostylus globosus, Strophostylus matheri, Strophostylus nevadensis, Strophostylus obtusus, Strophostylus sargalensis, Strophostylus tantillus, Strophostylus transversus, Strophostylus unica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Ste. Genevieve Formation of Illinois.
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Illinois, Kentucky collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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