Astralites fimbriatus Whiteaves 1892 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae

Full reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1892. The fossils of the Devonian rocks of the islands, shores or immediate vicinity of Lakes Manitoba and Winnipegosis. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 1(1):255-359

Belongs to Astralites according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight 1941 and Whiteaves 1892

Sister taxa: Astralites gamblei, Astralites muelleri, Astralites sublimbatus

Type specimen: GSC 2069a, a shell. Its type locality is mouth Red Deer River Lake Winnipegosis, which is in a Givetian marine horizon in the Dawson Bay Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (5: Manitoba collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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