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Cylicioscapha

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Cylicioscapha
Temporal range: Middle Pennsylvanian - Middle Permian
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Cylicioscapha

Yochelson,1954

Cylicioscapha is an extinct genus of fossil mollusk, probably a gastropod, a robust-looking euomphalid from the upper Paleozoic of North America.

Description

The shell is depressed on both the upper and lower sides; the outer rim is flattish, knobby along the upper edge; the aperture, is more or less trapezoidal.

References

  • J. Brooks Knight et al. 1960. Systematic Descriptions. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part I Mollusca 1. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.