Gastropoda - Eogastropoda - Sinuopeidae
Alternative combinations: Straparollus (Ophileta) primordialis, Straparollus (Raphistoma) primordialis
Full reference: A. Winchell. 1864. Notice of a small collection of fossils from the Potsdam Sandstone of Wisconsin and the Lake Superior Sandstone of Michigan. The American Journal of Science 37(110):226-232
Belongs to Schizopea according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Whitfield 1882 and Winchell 1864
Sister taxa: Schizopea abrupta, Schizopea dubia, Schizopea elevata, Schizopea grandis, Schizopea normalis, Schizopea subrotunda, Schizopea transitans, Schizopea typica, Schizopea wanwanensis, Schizopea wanwankouensis, Schizopea washburnei, Rhachopea washburnensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Devil’s Lake, south range of the Baraboo Hills, which is in a Trempealeauan marine sandstone in the Jordan Sandstone Formation of Wisconsin
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution: found only at Devil’s Lake, south range of the Baraboo Hills
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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