Hecetastoma Rohr and Blodgett 2008 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae

Full reference: D. M. Rohr and R. B. Blodgett. 2008. Silurian Gastropoda from the Alexander terrane, southeast Alaska. Geological Society of America Special Paper 442:51-61

Parent taxon: Oriostomatidae according to D. M. Rohr and R. B. Blodgett 2008

Sister taxa: Australonema, Beraunia, Cyclospongia, Didymalgia, Dohmella, Gemininodosa, Lineata, Morphotropis, Omphalonema, Oriomphalus, Oriostoma, Tophicola, Tubogyra

Subtaxa: Hecetastoma clarki Hecetastoma gehrelsi Hecetastoma salteri

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Type: Hecetastoma gehrelsi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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