Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Alternative combination: Ophileta sculpta
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
Sister taxa: Ceratopea ankylosa, Ceratopea billingsi, Ceratopea buttsi, Ceratopea canadensis, Ceratopea capuliformis, Ceratopea compressum, Ceratopea depressa, Ceratopea grandis, Ceratopea hami, Ceratopea harpya, Ceratopea inflata, 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 sinclairensis, Ceratopea subconica, Ceratopea tennesseensis, Ceratopea unguis, Ceratopea vagrans, Ceratopea wisei
Type specimen: Its type locality is M. S. M. 75.28. Highway 25 down to Crystal City Glass Workers Country Club., which is in a Cassinian carbonate dolomite/chert in the Cotter Formation of Missouri.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at M. S. M. 75.28. Highway 25 down to Crystal City Glass Workers Country Club.
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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