Phragmolites bellulus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Alternative combination: Conradella bellula

Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081

Belongs to Phragmolites according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Bassler 1915, Ebbestad 1999, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wahlman 1992

Sister taxa: Phragmolites cellulosus, Phragmolites compressus, Phragmolites desideratus, Phragmolites dyeri, Phragmolites elegans, Phragmolites excavatus, Phragmolites fimbriata, Phragmolites girvanensis, Phragmolites huoliensis, Phragmolites hyperboreus, Phragmolites imbricata, Phragmolites lindstroemi, Phragmolites multinotatus, Phragmolites obliquus, Phragmolites pannosus, Phragmolites phaecus, Phragmolites sladensis, Phragmolites slawsoni, Phragmolites suarezi, Phragmolites triangularis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at River Quarries, Covington, Fairview Fm. (Ordovician of Kentucky)

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