Ceratopea obtusa Cleland 1900 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Alternative combination: Raphistoma obtusa

Full reference: H.F. Cleland. 1900. The Calciferous of the Mohawk Valley, with descriptions of new species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 3(13):1-26

Belongs to Ceratopea according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Cleland 1900

Sister taxa: Ceratopea ankylosa, Ceratopea billingsi, Ceratopea buttsi, Ceratopea canadensis, Ceratopea capuliformis, Ceratopea compressum, Ceratopea depressa, Ceratopea grandis, Ceratopea hami, Ceratopea harpya, Ceratopea inflata, Ceratopea kawasakii, Ceratopea keithi, Ceratopea latiumbilicata, Ceratopea laurentina, Ceratopea lemonei, Ceratopea lenticularis, Ceratopea medfraensis, Ceratopea miser, Ceratopea numeria, Ceratopea parvum, Ceratopea pygmaea, Ceratopea sculpta, Ceratopea sinclairensis, Ceratopea subconica, Ceratopea tennesseensis, Ceratopea unguis, Ceratopea vagrans, Ceratopea wisei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bed V 2, large quarry ¼ mile south of RR track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida, which is in a Gasconadian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Tribes Hill Formation of New York

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bed V 2, large quarry ¼ mile south of RR track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida

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