Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Alternative combination: Strangulites discoides
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1921. A monograph of the British Ordovician and Silurian Bellerophontacea. The Palaeontographical Society 31:1-92
Belongs to Sinuites according to R. J. Horný 1997
See also Horný 1962 and Reed 1921
Sister taxa: Sinuites (Sinuites), Sinuites ammonoides, Sinuites anceps, Sinuites angulatus, Sinuites angustus, Sinuites bilobatus, Sinuites cancellatus, Sinuites cordateformis, Sinuites corpulentus, Sinuites crypticus, Sinuites destombesi, Sinuites globularis, Sinuites gracilis, Sinuites granistriatus, Sinuites hanusi, Sinuites hispanicus, Sinuites meignannensis, Sinuites minutus, Sinuites nanus, Sinuites naviculoides, Sinuites niger, Sinuites nitens, Sinuites obesa, Sinuites pervoluta, Sinuites planodorsatus, Sinuites pseudocompressus, Sinuites pusgillensis, Sinuites quadratus, Sinuites rectangularis, Sinuites reticulatus, Sinuites rotundata, Sinuites rugulosus, Sinuites semirugosus, Sinuites separatus, Sinuites soudleyensis, Sinuites sowerbyi, Sinuites subcompressa, Sinuites subrectangularis, Sinuites usitatus, Sinuites vetustus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan, which is in a Burrellian carbonate limestone in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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