Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Alternative combination: Eccyliopterus magniumbilicatus
Full reference: R. Endo. 1935. Additional fossils from the Canadian and Ordovician rocks of the southern part of Manchoukuo. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. 2nd Series 16(4):191-223
Belongs to Ecculiomphalus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Endo 1935
Sister taxa: Cyrtendoceras priscum, Ecculiomphalus brevicollaris, Ecculiomphalus bucklandi, Ecculiomphalus centrifugus, Ecculiomphalus compressus, Ecculiomphalus devonicus, Ecculiomphalus elegans, Ecculiomphalus fredericus, Ecculiomphalus harrisae, Ecculiomphalus kepintaghensis, Ecculiomphalus minor, Ecculiomphalus priscus, Ecculiomphalus quebecensis, Ecculiomphalus triangulus, Eccyliomphalus balclatchiensis, Eccyliomphalus calciferus, Eccyliomphalus intortus, Eccyliomphalus macromphalus, Eccyliomphalus proclivis, Eccyliomphalus scotica, Eccyliomphalus tangshanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Northern foot of San-leng Hill, near Wu-hu-tsui colliery, Pechill district, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Majiagou Formation of China
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Northern foot of San-leng Hill, near Wu-hu-tsui colliery, Pechill district
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