Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Alternative combinations: Maclurea sylpha, Teiichispira sylpha
Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426
Belongs to Maclurites according to P. J. Wagner 1999
See also Billings 1865 and Yochelson and Jones 1968
Sister taxa: Maclurea carinata, Maclurea exsul, Maclurea kotoi, Maclurea matutina, Maclurea neritioides, Maclurea planorbis, Maclurea subannulata, Maclurites altus, Maclurites atlanticus, Maclurites borealis, Maclurites christianiae, Maclurites crassa, Maclurites cuneata, Maclurites depressus, Maclurites expansa, Maclurites florentinensis, Maclurites gravis, Maclurites klamathensis, Maclurites knoxvillensis, Maclurites magnus, Maclurites meitanensis, Maclurites neritoides, Maclurites nitidus, Maclurites niuhsintaiensis, Maclurites oceana, Maclurites orientalis, Maclurites ovalis, Maclurites profunda, Maclurites romainensis, Maclurites salteri, Maclurites septentrionalis, Maclurites subrotunda, Maclurites triangularis, Maclurites ungava, Maclurites zhuozishanensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cape Norman. Zone G (Ordovician of Newfoundland and Labrador)
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