Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Alternative combinations: Ophileta canadensis, Pleurotomaria canadensis, Raphistoma canadensis, Raphistomina canadensis
Synonyms: Ceratopea arabella Billings 1865, Ceratopea calcifera Billings 1859, Ceratopea macroconica Flower 1968, Ceratopea praevium Whitfield 1889, Euconia normani Billings 1865, Liospira praevium Whitfield 1889, Ophileta macroconica Flower 1968, Pleurotomaria arabella Billings 1865, Pleurotomaria calcifera Billings 1859, Pleurotomaria normani Billings 1865, Raphistoma praevium Whitfield 1889
Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426
Belongs to Ceratopea according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Billings 1859, Billings 1865, Boyce et al. 2000, Desbiens et al. 1996, Flower 1968, Rohr et al. 2008, Stauffer 1937, Ulrich et al. 1931, Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Whitfield 1886, Whitfield 1889, Wilson 1956 and Yochelson and Copeland 1974
Sister taxa: Ceratopea ankylosa, Ceratopea billingsi, Ceratopea buttsi, Ceratopea capuliformis, Ceratopea compressum, Ceratopea depressa, Ceratopea grandis, Ceratopea hami, Ceratopea harpya, Ceratopea inflata, Ceratopea kawasakii, Ceratopea keithi, Ceratopea latiumbilicata, Ceratopea laurentina, Ceratopea lemonei, Ceratopea lenticularis, Ceratopea medfraensis, Ceratopea miser, Ceratopea numeria, Ceratopea obtusa, Ceratopea parvum, Ceratopea pygmaea, Ceratopea sculpta, Ceratopea sinclairensis, Ceratopea subconica, Ceratopea tennesseensis, Ceratopea unguis, Ceratopea vagrans, Ceratopea wisei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (10: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec collections), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Minnesota, New York, Vermont)
Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences
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