Vallatotheca manitoulini Foerste 1914 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Proplinidae

Alternative combinations: Tryblidium manitoulini, Vallatotheca manitoulinensis

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1914. Notes on the Lorraine faunas of New York and the Province of Quebec. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 17(1):247-328

Belongs to Vallatotheca according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Foerste 1914, Foerste 1924, Knight and Bridge 1944, Wahlman 1992 and Wilson 1951

Sister taxa: Vallatotheca anticostiensis, Vallatotheca elegantula, Vallatotheca unguiformis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Clay Cliffs, Cape Smyth, which is in a Richmondian carbonate limestone in the Georgian Bay Formation of Canada

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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