Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081

Belongs to Carinaropsis according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wahlman 1992

Sister taxa: Carinariopsis roemericans, Carinaropsis carinata, Carinaropsis carinatus, Carinaropsis cunulae, Carinaropsis cymbula, Carinaropsis gracilis, Carinaropsis maccoyi, Carinaropsis minima

Type specimen: Its type locality is River Quarries, Covington, which is in a Shermanian deep subtidal shelf limestone/shale in the Clays Ferry Formation of Kentucky

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at River Quarries, Covington

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