Salpingostoma orientalis Twenhofel 1928 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Alternative combination: Salpingostoma orientale

Full reference: W. H. Twenhofel. 1928. Geology of Anticosti Island. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 154(2132):1-351

Belongs to Salpingostoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Northrop 1939, Peel 1972, Peel 1991 and Twenhofel 1928

Sister taxa: Bellerophon (Salpingostoma) macrostomoides, Salpingostoma attavum, Salpingostoma billingsi, Salpingostoma boreale, Salpingostoma buelli, Salpingostoma canadensis, Salpingostoma carnatum, Salpingostoma carrolense, Salpingostoma compressum, Salpingostoma cristatum, Salpingostoma depressum, Salpingostoma elevatum, Salpingostoma expansa, Salpingostoma imbricata, Salpingostoma infundibulum, Salpingostoma inornatum, Salpingostoma involutum, Salpingostoma kentuckyense, Salpingostoma kokeni, Salpingostoma lata, Salpingostoma locator, Salpingostoma macera, Salpingostoma martinssoni, Salpingostoma megalostoma, Salpingostoma richmondense, Salpingostoma richmondensis, Salpingostoma sculptilis, Salpingostoma shallochense, Salpingostoma subtilistriatus, Salpingostoma terrilli, Salpingostoma verrucosum, Salpingostoma zaddachi

Type specimen: Its type locality is East Cliff of the Jupiter River, mouth of Jupiter River / Jupiter Cliff, which is in an Alexandrian carbonate limestone/shale in the Jupiter Formation of Canada

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (8: Quebec, Québec collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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