Sinutropis spiralis Rohr 1988 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Alternative combination: Pachystrophia spiralis

Full reference: D. M. Rohr. 1988. Upper Ordovician gastropods from the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 62(4):551-566

Belongs to Sinutropis according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Rohr 1988 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Sinutropis esthetica, Sinutropis interrumpens, Sinutropis tenera

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM 36394, Teller Quadrangle, Don River area, York Mountain, Seward Peninsula, which is in a Richmond carbonate wackestone/packstone in the Port Clarence Limestone Formation of Alaska

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (2: Alaska collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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