Ribeiria calcifera Billings 1865 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae

Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426

Belongs to Ribeiria according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1865, Desbiens et al. 1996, Pojeta and Runnegar 1976, Spelman 1966, Whitfield 1886 and Yochelson and Copeland 1974

Sister taxa: Ribeiria apusoides, Ribeiria australiensis, Ribeiria bassleri, Ribeiria complanata, Ribeiria compressa, Ribeiria coreanica, Ribeiria csiro, Ribeiria francae, Ribeiria johni, Ribeiria lucan, Ribeiria manchurica, Ribeiria parva, Ribeiria personata, Ribeiria pholadiformis, Ribeiria pojetai, Ribeiria runnegari, Ribeiria spinosa, Ribeiria taylori

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (6: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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