Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Alternative combination: Ecculiomphalus rugosus
Full reference: T. A. Kobayashi. 1958. Some Ordovician fossils from the Thailand-Malayan borderland. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 29 (4): 223 - 231. 29(4):223-231
Belongs to Malayaspira according to D. M. Rohr and E.A. Measures 2001
See also Kobayashi 1958, Kobayashi 1959, Rohr 1994, Rohr et al. 1995 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Malayaspira affinis, Malayaspira annulata, Malayaspira bella, Malayaspira canningense, Malayaspira hintzei, Malayaspira perkinsi, Malayaspira speciosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kangar, Perlis, which is in a Fennian carbonate limestone in the Lower Setul Formation of Malaysia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (2: Alberta, British Columbia), China (2), Malaysia (6)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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