Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Alternative combinations: Ecculiomphalus contiguus, Eccyliomphalus contiguus
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 Pachystrophia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Rohr 1980, Sweet 1954, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Pachystrophia balclatchiensis, Pachystrophia devexa, Pachystrophia dilatata, Pachystrophia gotlandicus, Pachystrophia helicoides, Pachystrophia inchoans, Pachystrophia inornatum, Pachystrophia lescarboti, Pachystrophia mullockensis, Pachystrophia orinini, Pachystrophia subuloidea, Pachystrophia triquestra, Pachystrophia tuba, Pachystrophia vortex
Type specimen: Its type locality is Murfreesboro, which is in an Ashbyan shallow subtidal wackestone/packstone in the Murfreesboro Limestone Formation of Tennessee
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (5: Colorado, Tennessee collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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