Durham, Billings Localities (Silurian of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (44.2° N, 80.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.5° S, 44.2° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Guelph Formation), Gorstian (427.4 - 425.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone and dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1884. On some new, imperfectly characterized or previously unrecorded species of fossils from the Guelph Formations of Ontario. Palaeozoic Fossils 3(1):1-43 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155012: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.03.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only gastropods included so far.
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Codonocheilidae
Codonocheilus striatum n. gen. n. sp.
Codonocheilus striatum n. gen. n. sp. Whiteaves 1884 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
"Pycnomphalus solarioides" = Pycnomphalus obesus2
"Pycnomphalus solarioides" = Pycnomphalus obesus2 Lindström 1884 snail
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
"Ecculiomphalus circinatus n. sp." = Pachystrophia gotlandicus, "Euomphalus inornatus" = Pachystrophia inornatum
"Ecculiomphalus circinatus n. sp." = Pachystrophia gotlandicus Lindström 1884 snail
"Euomphalus inornatus" = Pachystrophia inornatum Whiteaves 1884 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Pleurotomaria valeria" = Euomphalopterus valeria, "Straparollus crenulatus" = Poleumita crenulata2, "Pleurotomaria elora" = Spinicharybdis elora2
"Pleurotomaria valeria" = Euomphalopterus valeria Billings 1865 snail
"Straparollus crenulatus" = Poleumita crenulata2 Whiteaves 1884 snail
"Pleurotomaria elora" = Spinicharybdis elora2 Billings 1865 snail
 Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
"Pleurotomaria cyclostoma n. sp." = Streptotrochus cyclostoma
"Pleurotomaria cyclostoma n. sp." = Streptotrochus cyclostoma Whiteaves 1884 snail
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
"Polytropis macrolineatus" = Oriostoma globosum2, "Polytropis sulcatus" = Oriostoma globosum2, "Polytropis parvulus n. sp." = Oriostoma parvula2
"Polytropis macrolineatus" = Oriostoma globosum2 von Schlotheim 1820 snail
"Polytropis sulcatus" = Oriostoma globosum2 von Schlotheim 1820 snail
"Polytropis parvulus n. sp." = Oriostoma parvula2 Whiteaves 1895 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Lophospira guelphica n. sp." = Loxoplocus gothlandicus3, "Murchisonia soluta" = Loxoplocus soluta
"Lophospira guelphica n. sp." = Loxoplocus gothlandicus3 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Murchisonia soluta" = Loxoplocus soluta Whiteaves 1884 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Subulites compactus n. sp., "Subulites ventricosus" = Cyrtospira ventricosus2
Subulites compactus n. sp. Whiteaves 1884 snail
"Subulites ventricosus" = Cyrtospira ventricosus2 Hall 1852 snail
 Murchisoniina - Plethospiridae
"Murchisonia vitellia" = Kirkospira vitellia2
"Murchisonia vitellia" = Kirkospira vitellia2 Billings 1865 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Pleurotomaria townsendii n. sp." = Leptorima townsendii2
"Pleurotomaria townsendii n. sp." = Leptorima townsendii2 Whiteaves 1895 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
"Murchisonia longispira" = Coelocaulus longispira2, "Murchisonia turritiformis" = Coelocaulus turritiformis2
"Murchisonia longispira" = Coelocaulus longispira2 Hall 1852 snail
"Murchisonia turritiformis" = Coelocaulus turritiformis2 Hall 1852 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria galtensis" = Spiroraphe galtensis1, "Pleurotomaria durhamensis n. sp." = Promourlonia durhamensis
"Pleurotomaria galtensis" = Spiroraphe galtensis1 Billings 1865 snail
"Pleurotomaria durhamensis n. sp." = Promourlonia durhamensis Whiteaves 1884 snail
 Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
"Pleurotomaria halei" = Prosolarium halei
"Pleurotomaria halei" = Prosolarium halei Hall 1867 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"Murchisonia constricta" = Turritoma constricta
"Murchisonia constricta" = Turritoma constricta Whiteaves 1884 snail
Tergomya
 Scenelloidea - Scenellidae
Scenella conica n. sp. Whiteaves 1884