Spinicharybdis billingsi Rohr and Packard 1982 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Full reference: D. M. Rohr and J. Packard. 1982. Spine-bearing gastropods from the Silurian of Canada. Journal of Paleontology 56(2):324-334

Belongs to Spinicharybdis according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Rohr and Packard 1982 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Spinicharybdis boucoti, Spinicharybdis canteriata, Spinicharybdis elora, Spinicharybdis frenata, Spinicharybdis gasconsensis, Spinicharybdis krizi, Spinicharybdis wilsoni

Type specimen: GSC 66650, a shell. Its type locality is GSC 97931, which is in a Ludfordian reef, buildup or bioherm lime mudstone/packstone in the Barlow Inlet Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GSC 97931

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