Orospira elegantula Cullison 1944 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Full reference: J. S. Cullison. 1944. The stratigraphy of some Lower Ordovician formations of the Ozark uplift. University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Technical Series Bulletin 15(2):1-112

Belongs to Orospira according to J. S. Cullison 1944

Sister taxa: Orospira bigranosa, Orospira conica, Orospira depressa, Orospira elevata, Orospira gainesvillensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is M. S. M. 106.11. On the Isabella-Hammond road, 1 mile north of Isabella, which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone/chert in the Theodosia Formation of Missouri.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (2: Arkansas, Missouri collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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