Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Alternative combinations: Maclurea bigsbyi, Maclurites bigsbyi
Full reference: J. Hall. 1861. Upon some new and other species of fossils, from the rocks of the Hudson-river group of Ohio and the western states; with descriptions. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 14:89-109
Belongs to Maclurina according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Banks and Johnson 1957, Hall 1861, Rohr 1980, Rohr and Yochelson 1999, Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Wagner 1999, Whitfield 1882, Whitfield 1895 and Wilson 1951
Sister taxa: Maclurina comes, Maclurina logani, Maclurina manitobensis, Maclurina sedgwicki, Maclurina serpentrionalis
Subtaxa: Maclurea bigsbyi dixonensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (22: Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin collections)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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