Clathrospira phaedra Billings 1865 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Alternative combination: Cyclonema phaedra

Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426

Belongs to Clathrospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1865 and Thompson 1970

Sister taxa: Clathrospira amouguerana, Clathrospira conica, Clathrospira euconica, Clathrospira hindei, Clathrospira ogygia, Clathrospira sponsa, Clathrospira subconica, Clathrospira trochiformis, Clathrospira virguncula

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Antoine de Tilly, which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone in the Beauharnois Formation of Canada.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at St. Antoine de Tilly

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