Eroicaspira simulatrix Billings 1865 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Alternative combinations: Hormotoma simulatrix, Murchisonia simulatrix

Synonyms: Eroicaspira augustina Billings 1865, Hormotoma augustina Billings 1865, Lophospira augustina Billings 1865, Murchisonia augustina Billings 1865

Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426

Belongs to Eroicaspira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1865, Rohr et al. 2004, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Eroicaspira bellicincta, Eroicaspira obelisca, Eroicaspira zelleri

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), United States (2: Nevada)

• Fennian of Malaysia (3)

• Ordovician of Greenland (1), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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