Helicotoma griffinorum Rohr 1980 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae

Full reference: D. M. Rohr. 1980. Ordovician - Devonian Gastropoda from the Klamath Mountains, California. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 171:141-199

Belongs to Helicotoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Rohr 1980

Sister taxa: Helicotoma blodgetti, Helicotoma brocki, Helicotoma declivis, Helicotoma gorgonea, Helicotoma granosa, 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM 1812540 m NE of quartz diorite dike, southeast slope near top of ridge, which is in an Ashgill carbonate conglomerate/limestone in the Kangaroo Creek Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (4: California collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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