Strangulites elongatus Portlock 1843 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Alternative combinations: Bellerophon elongatus, Sinuites elongatus

Full reference: J. E. Portlock. 1843. Report on the Geology of the County of Londonderry and of parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh 1-784

Belongs to Strangulites according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also HornĂ½ 1997, Portlock 1843, Reed 1906 and Reed 1921

Sister taxa: Strangulites balclatchiensis, Strangulites maccallumi, Strangulites sphaeroidalis, Strangulites strangulatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tyrone, which is in a Soudleyan/Longvillian offshore sandstone in the Bardahessiagh Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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