Scalites tellerensis Rohr 1988 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Alternative combination: Raphistoma tellerensis

Full reference: D. M. Rohr. 1988. Upper Ordovician gastropods from the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 62(4):551-566

Belongs to Scalites according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Rohr 1988 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Scalites alatum, Scalites amanoi, Scalites angulatus, Scalites depressa, Scalites irregulare, Scalites jonesi, Scalites kanesi, Scalites katoi, Scalites keizanensis, Scalites oradovekaiae, Scalites peracutum, Scalites richmondensis, Scalites solitarius, Scalites tamurai

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM 36394, Teller Quadrangle, Don River area, York Mountain, Seward Peninsula, which is in a Richmondian carbonate wackestone/packstone in the Port Clarence Limestone Formation of Alaska

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM 36394, Teller Quadrangle, Don River area, York Mountain, Seward Peninsula

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