Prosolarium scalatum Northrop 1939 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Luciellidae

Full reference: S. A. Northrop. 1939. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Silurian rocks of the Port Daniel-Black Cape Region, Gaspé. Geological Society of America Special Paper 21:1-302

Belongs to Prosolarium according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Northrop 1939 and Peel 1977

Sister taxa: Prosolarium confusus, Prosolarium crenulata, Prosolarium deiopei, Prosolarium dominus, Prosolarium duslii, Prosolarium halei, Prosolarium incumbens, Prosolarium limata, Prosolarium markhaensis, Prosolarium platybasis, Prosolarium procerum, Prosolarium striatissima

Type specimen: Its type locality is Northrop Locality 010 Mouth of Chouinard Brook, Gascons, which is in a Gleedonian carbonate limestone in the Gascons Formation of Canada.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Northrop Locality 010. Mouth of Chouinard Brook, Gascons

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