Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
Alternative combinations: Hormotoma turricula, Loxoplocus turricula, Murchisonia turricula
Full reference: E. Billings. 1857. Report for the year 1856. Geological Survey of Canada - Report of Progress for the Years 1853-56 247-345
Belongs to Brachytomaria according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Billings 1857, Billings 1866 and Twenhofel 1928
Sister taxa: Brachytomaria baltica, Brachytomaria costata, Brachytomaria incisa, Brachytomaria kiari, Brachytomaria kindlei, Brachytomaria mundula, Brachytomaria nodulosa, Brachytomaria papillosa, Brachytomaria plautini, Brachytomaria semele, Brachytomaria solida, Brachytomaria striata
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at A0455. ~3 km east of Riviere aux Rats, towards Pointe des Morts (Silurian of Quebec)
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