Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Alternative combination: Euomphalus calciferus
Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1889. Observations on some imperfectly known fossils from the Calciferous sandrock of Lake Champlain, and descriptions of several new forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2:41-63
Belongs to Eccyliomphalus according to E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield 1897
See also Whitfield 1889
Sister taxa: Cyrtendoceras priscum, Ecculiomphalus brevicollaris, Ecculiomphalus bucklandi, Ecculiomphalus centrifugus, Ecculiomphalus compressus, Ecculiomphalus devonicus, Ecculiomphalus elegans, Ecculiomphalus fredericus, Ecculiomphalus harrisae, Ecculiomphalus kepintaghensis, Ecculiomphalus magniumbilicatus, Ecculiomphalus minor, Ecculiomphalus priscus, Ecculiomphalus quebecensis, Ecculiomphalus triangulus, Eccyliomphalus balclatchiensis, Eccyliomphalus intortus, Eccyliomphalus macromphalus, Eccyliomphalus proclivis, Eccyliomphalus scotica, Eccyliomphalus tangshanensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Division B Beds, below the lower "Ophileta beds", Section northeast of Shoreham (Ordovician of Vermont)
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