†Calaurops Whitfield 1886 (snail)
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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
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Fort Cassin, Lake Champlain (Ordovician of Vermont)
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