Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Full reference: J. D. Longstaff. 1924. Descriptions of Gasteropoda, chiefly in Mrs. Robert Gray's collection, from the Ordovician and Lower Silurian of Girvan. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 80(4):408-446
Belongs to Eccyliomphalus according to J. D. Longstaff 1924
Sister taxa: Cyrtendoceras priscum, Ecculiomphalus brevicollaris, Ecculiomphalus bucklandi, Ecculiomphalus centrifugus, Ecculiomphalus compressus, Ecculiomphalus devonicus, Ecculiomphalus elegans, Ecculiomphalus fredericus, Ecculiomphalus harrisae, Ecculiomphalus kepintaghensis, Ecculiomphalus magniumbilicatus, Ecculiomphalus minor, Ecculiomphalus priscus, Ecculiomphalus quebecensis, Ecculiomphalus triangulus, Eccyliomphalus calciferus, Eccyliomphalus intortus, Eccyliomphalus macromphalus, Eccyliomphalus proclivis, Eccyliomphalus scotica, Eccyliomphalus tangshanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan, which is in a Burrellian carbonate limestone in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan
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