Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Full reference: D. M. Rohr, R. B. Blodgett, and J. Frýda. 2003. New Silurian muchisoniid gastropods from Alaska and a review of the genus Coelocaulus. Short notes on Alaska geology 2003, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 120:88-93
Parent taxon: Hormotomidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Rohr et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Catazone, Coelocaulus, Diplozone, Gyrodoma, Hormotoma, Hormotomina, Plethospira, Ptychocaulus
Subtaxa: Medfracaulus contracta Medfracaulus cooki Medfracaulus turriformis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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