Cyrtolites claysferryensis Wahlman 1992 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae

Alternative combination: Cyrtolites (Cyrtolites) claysferryensis

Full reference: G.P. Wahlman. 1992. Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066(O):1-123

Belongs to Cyrtolites according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Wahlman 1992

Sister taxa: Cyrtolites (Cyrtolites), Cyrtolites (Cyrtonella), Cyrtolites budleighensis, Cyrtolites craigensis, Cyrtolites dilatus, Cyrtolites disjunctus, Cyrtolites grandis, Cyrtolites hornyi, Cyrtolites inornatum, Cyrtolites inprobus, Cyrtolites insculptus, Cyrtolites nodosus, Cyrtolites occultus, Cyrtolites ornatus, Cyrtolites retrorsus, Cyrtolites rugosus, Cyrtolites seminulum, Cyrtolites sinuatus, Cyrtolites sinuosus, Cyrtolites thraivensis, Cyrtolites trentonensis, Cyrtolites tuboides, Cyrtolites undulatus

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (11: Kentucky, Ohio collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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