Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combination: Omospira orientalis
Synonyms: Ectomaria laticarinata Foerste 1924, Lophospira laticarinata Foerste 1924
Full reference: J. G. Donald. 1906. Notes on the genera Omospira, Lophospira and Turritoma, with descriptions of new Proterozoic species. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 62:552-572
Belongs to Ectomaria according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Donald 1906 and Foerste 1924
Sister taxa: Ectomaria adelina, Ectomaria adventa, Ectomaria callahanensis, Ectomaria nieszkowskii, Ectomaria pagoda, Ectomaria prisca, Solenospira multicostata
Type specimens:
- Ectomaria orientalis: Its type locality is Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan, which is in a Rawtheyan carbonate limestone in the South Threave Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Ectomaria laticarinata:
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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