Endoptygma Gabb 1877 (carrier shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae

Alternative spelling: Xenophora (Endoptygma)

Parent taxon: Xenophoridae according to Global Biodiversity Information Facility 2015

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Squires and Saul 2001

Sister taxa: Acanthoxenophora, Austrophora, Onustus, Stellaria, Xenophora

Subtaxa: Endoptygma umbilicata Xenophora (Endoptygma) hermax Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Xenophora (Endoptygma) plicata

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), United States (63: Alabama, California, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence

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