ammonites
Warthia americana Girty 1908 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

Belongs to Warthia according to E. L. Yochelson 1960

Sister taxa: Warthia angustior, Warthia borealis, Warthia brevisinuata, Warthia brevizonata, Warthia carinata, Warthia crassus, Warthia fissus, Warthia hisakatsui, Warthia huayingshanensis, Warthia imtatschanensis, Warthia intermedia, Warthia kingi, Warthia lata, Warthia micromphala, Warthia perspecta, Warthia polita, Warthia saundersi, Warthia stricta, Warthia vaceki, Warthia waageni, Warthia welleri, Warthia zakharovi

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 2931 green, Guadalupe Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell 7.73 x 4.63