Helicotoma gorgonea Billings 1865 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae

Alternative combination: Helicotoma gorgonia

Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426

Belongs to Helicotoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1865, Rohr and Measures 2001 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Sister taxa: Helicotoma blodgetti, Helicotoma brocki, Helicotoma declivis, Helicotoma granosa, Helicotoma griffinorum, Helicotoma marginata, Helicotoma miser, Helicotoma missouriensis, Helicotoma oriens, Helicotoma planulata, Helicotoma planulatoides, Helicotoma proserpina, Helicotoma robinsoni, Helicotoma robusta, Helicotoma subquadrata, Helicotoma superba, Helicotoma tennesseensis, Helicotoma tritonia, Helicotoma umbilicata, Helicotoma verticalis, Helicotoma whiteavesiana

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Helicotoma gorgonea in the database

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