Lophonema calphurnia Billings 1865 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae

Alternative combinations: Euomphalus calphurnia, Pleurotomaria calphurnia

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

Belongs to Lophonema according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1865 and Whitfield 1886

Sister taxa: Lophonema abrupta, Lophonema circumlirata, Lophonema costata, Lophonema frydai, Lophonema orientalia, Lophonema peccatonica, Lophonema perstriata, Lophonema taneyensis, Lophonema tricarinata, Lophonema wuhuensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at On cliff, Balnakeil Bay (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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