Cyrtolites claysferryensis Wahlman 1992

Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae

Alternative combination: Cyrtolites (Cyrtolites) claysferryensis

Full reference: G.P. Wahlman. 1992. Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066(O):1-123

Belongs to Cyrtolites according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Wahlman 1992

Sister taxa: Cyrtolites (Cyrtolites), Cyrtolites (Cyrtonella), Cyrtolites budleighensis, Cyrtolites craigensis, Cyrtolites dilatus, Cyrtolites disjunctus, Cyrtolites grandis, Cyrtolites hornyi, Cyrtolites inornatum, Cyrtolites inprobus, Cyrtolites insculptus, Cyrtolites nodosus, Cyrtolites occultus, Cyrtolites ornatus, Cyrtolites retrorsus, Cyrtolites rugosus, Cyrtolites seminulum, Cyrtolites sinuatus, Cyrtolites sinuosus, Cyrtolites thraivensis, Cyrtolites trentonensis, Cyrtolites tuboides, Cyrtolites undulatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 6143-CO. Route 982, 0.4 mi south of junction of Rts 32, 36, and 982, which is in a Katian marine limestone/shale in the Clays Ferry Formation of Kentucky.

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (11: Kentucky, Ohio collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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