Lecanospira nerine Billings 1865 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae

Alternative combinations: Lecanospira nereine, Ophileta nerine

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

Belongs to Lecanospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1865, Rohr et al. 2003, Rohr et al. 2000, Spelman 1966, Ulrich et al. 1931 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Lecanospira biconcava, Lecanospira carinata, Lecanospira compacta, Lecanospira conferta, Lecanospira depressa, Lecanospira lecanospiroides, Lecanospira perplana, Lecanospira sanctisabae, Lecanospira soluta, Lecanospira tasmanensis, Lecanospira transitionis, Lecanospira transversocordatus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Eddies Cove East, shore of Old Man Cove (Ordovician of Newfoundland and Labrador)

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