Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Full reference: A. E. Wilson. 1938. Gastropods from the Akpotok Island, Hudson Strait. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, sec. 4 4:25-37
Belongs to Maclurites according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Nelson 1963, Rohr 1980 and Wilson 1938
Sister taxa: Maclurea carinata, Maclurea exsul, Maclurea kotoi, Maclurea matutina, Maclurea neritioides, Maclurea planorbis, Maclurea subannulata, Maclurites altus, Maclurites atlanticus, Maclurites borealis, Maclurites christianiae, Maclurites crassa, Maclurites cuneata, Maclurites depressus, Maclurites expansa, Maclurites florentinensis, Maclurites gravis, Maclurites klamathensis, Maclurites knoxvillensis, Maclurites magnus, Maclurites meitanensis, Maclurites neritoides, Maclurites nitidus, Maclurites niuhsintaiensis, Maclurites oceana, Maclurites orientalis, Maclurites ovalis, Maclurites profunda, Maclurites romainensis, Maclurites salteri, Maclurites septentrionalis, Maclurites subrotunda, Maclurites sylpha, Maclurites triangularis, Maclurites zhuozishanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Akpatok Island, sea level, Ungava Bay, Hudston Strait, which is in a Richmondian carbonate limestone in the Akpatok Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Manitoba, Northwest Territories collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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