Gastrocopta pentodon (Say, 1822) Comb Snaggletooth

Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM)

Gastrocopta pentodon (Say, 1822) Comb Snaggletooth

    Paint Rock River system, Estill Fork, 1 mi N. Estillfork, Jackson County, Alabama (1.87 mm. in maximum height). Bob Winters! 17 March, 2015. Specimens culled by H. G. Lee, and SEM produced in collaboration with Dr. Ann Heatherington, Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. This specimen conforms closely to Pupa curvidens var. gracilis Sterki, 1890 and was treated as Gastrocopta gracilis (Sterki, 1890) by Lee, Cramer, Schroeder, Frank, and Winters (2021).* Also see: Gastrocopta pentodon (Say, 1822) Comb Snaggletooth

* Vexatious Vertigopsis. American Conchologist 49(1) 4-14. March.

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