Kirengella alta Whitfield 1889 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae

Alternative combination: Metoptoma alta

Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1889. Observations on some imperfectly known fossils from the Calciferous sandrock of Lake Champlain, and descriptions of several new forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2:41-63

Belongs to Kirengella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Whitfield 1889

Sister taxa: Kirengella ayaktchica, Kirengella expansus, Kirengella kultavasaensis, Kirengella oregonensis, Kirengella pyramidalis, Kirengella rectilateralis, Kirengella stabilis, Kirengella washingtonense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Division E Beds, Section northeast of Shoreham, which is in a Stairsian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the Fort Ann Formation of Vermont

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Division E Beds, Section northeast of Shoreham

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