Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Alternative combination: Monitorella auricula
Full reference: D. M. Rohr. 1994. Ordovician (Whiterockian) gastropods of Nevada: Bellerophontoidea, Macluritoidea, Euomphaloidea. Journal of Paleontology 68(3):473-486
Belongs to Teiichispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Rohr 1994 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Teiichispira affinis, Teiichispira cornucopiae, Teiichispira emmonsi, Teiichispira nanus, Teiichispira odenvillensis, Teiichispira ponderosa, Teiichispira similis, Teiichispira tofangoense, Teiichispira zonata
Type specimen: USNM 473929, a shell. Its type locality is D9807 CO. Dobbin Summit, which is in a Whiterockian open shallow subtidal limestone/siltstone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (3: Nevada collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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