Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
Alternative combination: Euomphalopterus ordovicus
Full reference: J. D. Longstaff. 1924. Descriptions of Gasteropoda, chiefly in Mrs. Robert Gray's collection, from the Ordovician and Lower Silurian of Girvan. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 80(4):408-446
Belongs to Boucotspira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Longstaff 1924 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Boucotspira antelopensis, Boucotspira carinifer, Boucotspira fimbriata, Boucotspira lamellosus, Boucotspira ozawai, Boucotspira wisbyensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 1. small quarry by Old Mill Pond, Ardmillan, Girvan, Ayrshire, which is in a Harnagian carbonate limestone in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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