Coelocaulus linearis Billings 1859 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Alternative combination: Murchisonia linearis

Full reference: E. Billings. 1859. Fossils of the Calciferous Sandrock, including those of a deposit of white limestone at Mingan, supposed to belong to the formation. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist 4:345-367

Belongs to Coelocaulus according to E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield 1897

See also Billings 1859

Sister taxa: Coelocaulus alceste, Coelocaulus chlupaci, Coelocaulus clavata, Coelocaulus columna, Coelocaulus cybele, Coelocaulus davidsoni, Coelocaulus decipiens, Coelocaulus desiderata, Coelocaulus estella, Coelocaulus fugitiva, Coelocaulus karlae, Coelocaulus lebescontei, Coelocaulus longispira, Coelocaulus perlonga, Coelocaulus pollens, Coelocaulus sana, Coelocaulus strebloceras, Coelocaulus turritiformis, Coelocaulus zonaria

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Coelocaulus linearis in the database

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