Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Alternative combinations: Maclurea magna, Maclurea magnus, Maclurites magna
Full reference: C. A. Le Sueur. 1818. Observations on a new genus of fossil shells. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1:310-313
Belongs to Maclurites according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Banks and Johnson 1957, Emmons 1842, Hall 1847, Knight 1941, Le Sueur 1818, Raymond 1902, Raymond 1908, Rohr 1980, Rohr et al. 1992, Rohr and Yochelson 1999, Twenhofel 1938, Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Wilson 1951 and Yü 1961
Sister taxa: Maclurea carinata, Maclurea exsul, Maclurea kotoi, Maclurea matutina, Maclurea neritioides, Maclurea planorbis, Maclurea subannulata, Maclurites altus, Maclurites atlanticus, Maclurites borealis, Maclurites christianiae, Maclurites crassa, Maclurites cuneata, Maclurites depressus, Maclurites expansa, Maclurites florentinensis, Maclurites gravis, Maclurites klamathensis, Maclurites knoxvillensis, Maclurites meitanensis, Maclurites neritoides, Maclurites nitidus, Maclurites niuhsintaiensis, Maclurites oceana, Maclurites orientalis, Maclurites ovalis, Maclurites profunda, Maclurites romainensis, Maclurites salteri, Maclurites septentrionalis, Maclurites subrotunda, Maclurites sylpha, Maclurites triangularis, Maclurites ungava, Maclurites zhuozishanensis, Coelocentrus tubifer, Coelocentrus polyphemus, Coelocentrus pentagonalis, Coelocentrus spectabilis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (3: Quebec collections), United States (27: New York, Vermont)
• Whiterockian of United States (4: Alaska, California, Nevada)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut), United States (19: Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 54 collections including 55 occurrences
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