Byzantia: A new genus (Gastropoda: Neritopsidae) from the Permian of west Texas

This paper describes Byzantia obliqua, new genus and species. Byzantia is a small, distinctively ornamented, gastropod genus from the middle Permian (Leonardian-Guadalupian) of West Texas. This provides further evidence of the diversity of the Neritacea in the middle Permian and of the diverse endem...

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Published in:Journal of paleontology 1997-01, Vol.71 (1), p.53-56
Main Author: Kosnik, Matthew A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Byzantia obliqua
Canyons
Data lines
Fossils
Gastropoda
Geology
Marine
National museums
Natural history
New genus
Paleontology
Paratypes
Permian
Phylogenetics
Prisms
Taxa
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Summary:This paper describes Byzantia obliqua, new genus and species. Byzantia is a small, distinctively ornamented, gastropod genus from the middle Permian (Leonardian-Guadalupian) of West Texas. This provides further evidence of the diversity of the Neritacea in the middle Permian and of the diverse endemic fauna of west Texas.
ISSN:0022-3360
1937-2337
DOI:10.1017/S0022336000038944