Ophileta discus Cleland 1900 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae

Full reference: H.F. Cleland. 1900. The Calciferous of the Mohawk Valley, with descriptions of new species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 3(13):1-26

Belongs to Ophileta according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Cleland 1900

Sister taxa: Ophileta alturensis, Ophileta complanata, Ophileta laevata, Ophileta plana, Ophileta polygyratus, Ophileta rotuliformis, Ophileta solida, Ophileta squamosa, Ophileta subalata, Ophileta supraplana, Polygyrata hunterensis, Ozarkispira subelevata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bed V 2, large quarry ¼ mile south of RR track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida, which is in a Gasconadian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Tribes Hill Formation of New York

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bed V 2, large quarry ¼ mile south of RR track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida

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