Ceratopea inflata Cullison 1944 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Alternative combination: Raphistomina inflata

Full reference: J. S. Cullison. 1944. The stratigraphy of some Lower Ordovician formations of the Ozark uplift. University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Technical Series Bulletin 15(2):1-112

Belongs to Ceratopea according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Cullison 1944 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Ceratopea ankylosa, Ceratopea billingsi, Ceratopea buttsi, Ceratopea canadensis, Ceratopea capuliformis, Ceratopea compressum, Ceratopea depressa, Ceratopea grandis, Ceratopea hami, Ceratopea harpya, Ceratopea kawasakii, Ceratopea keithi, Ceratopea latiumbilicata, Ceratopea laurentina, Ceratopea lemonei, Ceratopea lenticularis, Ceratopea medfraensis, Ceratopea miser, Ceratopea numeria, Ceratopea obtusa, Ceratopea parvum, Ceratopea pygmaea, Ceratopea sculpta, Ceratopea sinclairensis, Ceratopea subconica, Ceratopea tennesseensis, Ceratopea unguis, Ceratopea vagrans, Ceratopea wisei

Type specimen: Its type locality is M. S. M. 105.4, west side of Mo. State Highway 76A at Rockaway Beach, which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone/chert in the Theodosia Formation of Missouri.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at M. S. M. 105.4, west side of Mo. State Highway 76A at Rockaway Beach

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