Salpingostoma canadensis Billings 1866 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Alternative combinations: Bellerophon canadensis, Bucania canadensis, Tremanotus canadensis

Full reference: E. Billings. 1866. Catalogues of the Silurian fossils of the Island of Anticosti, with descriptions of some new genera and species 1-93

Belongs to Salpingostoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1866, Chamberlin 1883, Twenhofel 1928, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Whitfield 1882

Sister taxa: Bellerophon (Salpingostoma) macrostomoides, Salpingostoma attavum, Salpingostoma billingsi, Salpingostoma boreale, Salpingostoma buelli, Salpingostoma carnatum, Salpingostoma carrolense, Salpingostoma compressum, Salpingostoma cristatum, Salpingostoma depressum, Salpingostoma elevatum, Salpingostoma expansa, Salpingostoma imbricata, Salpingostoma infundibulum, Salpingostoma inornatum, Salpingostoma involutum, Salpingostoma kentuckyense, Salpingostoma kokeni, Salpingostoma lata, Salpingostoma locator, Salpingostoma macera, Salpingostoma martinssoni, Salpingostoma megalostoma, Salpingostoma orientalis, Salpingostoma richmondense, Salpingostoma richmondensis, Salpingostoma sculptilis, Salpingostoma shallochense, Salpingostoma subtilistriatus, Salpingostoma terrilli, Salpingostoma verrucosum, Salpingostoma zaddachi

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec, Québec collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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