Lytospira distans Billings 1865 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae

Alternative combinations: Ecculiomphalus distans, Eccyliomphalus distans

Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426

Belongs to Lytospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1865, Rohr et al. 2003 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Sister taxa: Lytospira angelini, Lytospira anguina, Lytospira arcuata, Lytospira nitida, Lytospira potens, Lytospira serpula, Lytospira subrotunda, Lytospira tangens, Lytospira tubicina, Lytospira undulatus, Lytospira valida

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 96R-14, Lower Head, Black Point, Port au Choix (Ordovician of Newfoundland and Labrador)

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