Raphistoma pelhamensis Butts 1926 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Full reference: C. Butts. 1926. The Paleozoic rocks. Geological Survey Alabama, Special Report 14:41-230

Belongs to Raphistoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Butts 1926 and Rohr et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Raphistoma alaskensis, Raphistoma apertum, Raphistoma calyx, Raphistoma coreanicum, Raphistoma crevieri, Raphistoma debganensis, Raphistoma eucharis, Raphistoma gubanovi, Raphistoma minuta, Raphistoma pauper, Raphistoma shakopeense, Raphistoma stamineum, Raphistoma striatum, Rhaphistoma cruciana, Rhaphistoma vaurealense

Type specimen: Its type locality is 0.5 miles north of Pelham , which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone in the Little Oak Formation of Alabama

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 0.5 miles north of Pelham

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