Macluritella marylandica Sando 1957 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae

Full reference: W. J. Sando. 1957. Beekmantown Group (Lower Ordovician) of Maryland. Geological Society of America Memoir 68:1-159

Belongs to Macluritella according to W. J. Sando 1957

Sister taxa: Macluritella carinifera, Macluritella gyroceras, Macluritella imperfecta, Macluritella mediosulcata, Macluritella multiseptarius, Macluritella ornata, Macluritella peachi, Macluritella rotunda, Macluritella sordida, Macluritella stantoni, Macluritella uniangulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lower Rockdale Run Fm., "Lecanospira fauna," Canadian, which is in a Canadian peritidal carbonate in the Rockdale Run Formation of Maryland

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lower Rockdale Run Fm., "Lecanospira fauna," Canadian

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