†Floripatella orphyne Billings 1865 (mollusk)
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Tergomya - Archinacellida - Archinacellidae
Alternative combinations: Metoptoma orphyne, Palaeacmaea orphyne
Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426
Belongs to Floripatella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Billings 1865, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Webers and Yochelson 1999
Sister taxa: Floripatella humilis, Floripatella irregularis, Floripatella quebecensis, Floripatella rousseaui
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Floripatella orphyne in the database
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