Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Alternative combinations: Maclurea acuminata, Maclurites acuminata, Maclurites acuminatus
Synonyms: Maclurea rotundata Billings 1865, Maclurites rotundatus Billings 1865
Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426
Belongs to Palliseria according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Banks and Johnson 1957, Billings 1865, Boyce and Knight 2010, Rohr 1980, Rohr and Measures 2001, Whitfield 1890 and Yü 1961
Sister taxa: Palliseria crenulata, Palliseria longwelli, Palliseria robusta, Palliseria zhuozishanensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland collection)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Newfoundland), Greenland (1), United States (1: Vermont)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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