Raphistomina fissurata Steele and Sinclair 1971 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae

Full reference: H.M. Steele and G.W. Sinclair. 1971. A Middle Ordovician fauna from Braeside, Ottawa Valley, Ontario. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 211:1-97

Belongs to Raphistomina according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Steele and Sinclair 1971

Sister taxa: Raphistomina agave, Raphistomina aperta, Raphistomina barbouri, Raphistomina denticulata, Raphistomina distincta, Raphistomina hortensia, Raphistomina lapicida, Raphistomina lenticulare, Raphistomina modesta, Raphistomina pillagenensis, Raphistomina rugata, Raphistomina tasmanica, Raphistomina undulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Exposures east of Smith Construction Company two miles west of Braeside., which is in a Blackriveran shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Chaumont Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Exposures east of Smith Construction Company two miles west of Braeside.

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