''Naticopsis'' is an extinct genus of small
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s belonging to the family
Neritopsidae.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the
Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...
to the
Triassic
The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 Mya. The Triassic is the first and shortest period ...
periods (from about 412.3 to 242.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in China, United States, Europe, Cambodia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia and Pakistan.
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Species
Species within this genus include:[
* †'' Naticopsis altonensis''
* †'' Naticopsis apollinis''
* †'' Naticopsis bowsheri''
* †'' Naticopsis carleyana''
* †'' Naticopsis carlyana''
* †'' Naticopsis chesterensis''
* †'' Naticopsis comperta''
* †'' Naticopsis confusa''
* †'' Naticopsis consobrina''
* †'' Naticopsis convoluta''
* †'' Naticopsis cretacea''
* †'']Naticopsis deformis
''Naticopsis'' is an extinct genus of small sea snails belonging to the family Neritopsidae.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian to the Triassic periods (from about 412.3 to 242.0 million years ago). Fossil ...
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* †'' Naticopsis depressa''
* †'' Naticopsis efossa''
* †'' Naticopsis errans''
* †'' Naticopsis eruca''
* †'' Naticopsis glomerosa''
* †'' Naticopsis gracilis''
* †'' Naticopsis hallii''
* †''Naticopsis inflata
''Naticopsis'' is an extinct genus of small sea snails belonging to the family Neritopsidae.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian to the Triassic periods (from about 412.3 to 242.0 million years ago). Fossil ...
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* †''Naticopsis inornata
''Naticopsis'' is an extinct genus of small sea snails belonging to the family Neritopsidae.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian to the Triassic periods (from about 412.3 to 242.0 million years ago). Fossil ...
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* †''Naticopsis insculpta
''Naticopsis'' is an extinct genus of small sea snails belonging to the family Neritopsidae.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian to the Triassic periods (from about 412.3 to 242.0 million years ago). Fossil ...
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* †''Naticopsis irregularis
''Naticopsis'' is an extinct genus of small sea snails belonging to the family Neritopsidae.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian to the Triassic periods (from about 412.3 to 242.0 million years ago). Fossil ...
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* †''Naticopsis judithae
''Naticopsis'' is an extinct genus of small sea snails belonging to the family Neritopsidae.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian to the Triassic periods (from about 412.3 to 242.0 million years ago). Fossil ...
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* †''Naticopsis kaibabensis
''Naticopsis'' is an extinct genus of small sea snails belonging to the family Neritopsidae.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian to the Triassic periods (from about 412.3 to 242.0 million years ago). Fossil ...
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* †''Naticopsis kayseri
''Naticopsis'' is an extinct genus of small sea snails belonging to the family Neritopsidae.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian to the Triassic periods (from about 412.3 to 242.0 million years ago). Fossils ...
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* †'' Naticopsis laeta''
* †'' Naticopsis levis''
* †'' Naticopsis macrostoma''
* †'' Naticopsis manitobensis''
* †'' Naticopsis marginata''
* †'' Naticopsis mariona''
* †'' Naticopsis marthaae''
* †'' Naticopsis microtricha''
* †'' Naticopsis minuta''
* †'' Naticopsis naticaeformis''
* †'' Naticopsis nexicosta''
* †'' Naticopsis oblata''
* †'' Naticopsis opimavoluta''
* †'' Naticopsis osbornei''
* †'' Naticopsis ovoidea''
* †'' Naticopsis pegmihumerosa''
* †'' Naticopsis phillipsi''
* †'' Naticopsis planifrons''
* †'' Naticopsis phebeia''
* †'' Naticopsis plena''
* †'' Naticopsis plicatula''
* †'' Naticopsis primigenia''
* †'' Naticopsis protei''
* †'' Naticopsis protogaea''
* †'' Naticopsis purpura''
* †'' Naticopsis remex''
* †'' Naticopsis ruchholtzi''
* †'' Naticopsis scintilla''
* †'' Naticopsis semistriata''
* †'' Naticopsis sirodoti''
* †'' Naticopsis subovata''
* †'' Naticopsis suturicompta''
* †'' Naticopsis taemasensis''
* †'' Naticopsis tortum''
* †'' Naticopsis transversa''
* †'' Naticopsis trevorpaticiciorum''
* †'' Naticopsis tumescens''
* †'' Naticopsis variata''
* †'' Naticopsis velox''
* †'' Naticopsis wakehami''
* †'' Naticopsis waterlooensis''
* †'' Naticopsis wortheni''
* †'' Naticopsis wortheniana''
References
* F. M'Coy. 1844. A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland 1-274
* K. Bandel. 2007. ''Description and classification of Late Triassic Neritimorpha (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from the St Cassian Formation, Italian Alps.'' Bulletin of Geosciences 82(3):215-274
Neritopsidae
Prehistoric gastropod genera
Triassic extinctions
Paleozoic life of Ontario
Paleozoic life of Alberta
Paleozoic life of Manitoba
Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Paleozoic life of Yukon
Fossils of Vietnam
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