Raphistoma shakopeense Stauffer 1937 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Full reference: C. R. Stauffer. 1937. A diminutive fauna from the Shakopee Dolomite (Ordovician) at Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Journal of Paleontology 11(1):55-60

Belongs to Raphistoma according to C. R. Stauffer 1937

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cannon Falls, which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone in the Shakopee Formation of Minnesota

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cannon Falls

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