Orecopia cotei Pedder 1966 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae

Full reference: A.E.H. Pedder. 1966. The Upper Devonian gastropod Orecopia in western Canada. Palaeontology 9(1):142-147

Belongs to Orecopia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Pedder 1966

Sister taxa: Orecopia circinatus, Orecopia inopinata, Orecopia kadzielniae, Orecopia mccoyi, Orecopia murrayi, Orecopia priscum

Type specimen: Its type locality is near Nabesche River, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in the Kakisa Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: British columbia, Northwest Territories collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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