Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Alternative combination: Pleurotomaria hunterensis
Full reference: H.F. Cleland. 1900. The Calciferous of the Mohawk Valley, with descriptions of new species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 3(13):1-26
Belongs to Polygyrata according to R. S. Bassler 1915
See also Cleland 1900 and Weller 1903
Sister taxa: Ophileta alturensis, Ophileta complanata, Ophileta discus, Ophileta laevata, Ophileta plana, Ophileta polygyratus, Ophileta rotuliformis, Ophileta solida, Ophileta squamosa, Ophileta subalata, Ophileta supraplana, Ozarkispira subelevata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bed VI 2, Quarry by railroad track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida, which is in a Gasconadian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Tribes Hill Formation of New York
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bed VI 2, Quarry by railroad track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida
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