Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Synonyms: Ceratopea calceoliformis Oder 1932, Ceratopea compressa Oder 1932, Ceratopea cuneata Oder 1932, Ceratopea jenkinensis Cullison 1944
Full reference: C. R. L. Oder. 1932. Fossil opercula from the Knox dolomite. American Midland Naturalist 13:133-153
Belongs to Ceratopea according to E. L. Yochelson and J. Bridge 1957
See also Cullison 1944 and Oder 1932
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 obtusa, Ceratopea parvum, Ceratopea pygmaea, Ceratopea sculpta, Ceratopea sinclairensis, Ceratopea subconica, Ceratopea unguis, Ceratopea vagrans, Ceratopea wisei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 594B. Bamby's farm, 2 miles west of Trion (Ordovician of Georgia)
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