Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae

Full reference: M. Gordon, Jr. and E. L. Yochelson. 1982. A Naticopsis operculum found in situ (Gastropoda: Mississippian). Journal of Paleontology 56(1):260-265

Belongs to Naticopsis (Naticopsis) according to M. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson 1982

Sister taxa: Naticopsis (Naticopsis) clinovata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) consimilis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) elongata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) excentrica, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) globulina, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) glomerosa, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) heshanensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) khurensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) lilydalensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) minuta, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) ninglangensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) piriformis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) planispira, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) praealta, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) shizishanensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) shumardi, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) signata, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) utahensis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) ziczac

Type specimen: USNM 98098, a shell. Its type locality is State highway 627, valley of Indian Creek, near Mouth of Laurel, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone/shale in the St. Louis Limestone Formation of Virginia.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer