Calaurops Whitfield 1886 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1886. Notice of geological investigations along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, conducted by Prof. H.J. Seely and Pres. Ezra Brainerd, of Middlebury College, with descriptions of the new fossils discovered. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 1(8):24-35

Parent taxon: Ophiletinae according to J. B. Knight et al. 1960

See also Morris and Cleevely 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Calaurops canadensis Calaurops lituiformis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Fort Cassin, Lake Champlain (Ordovician of Vermont)

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