Ceratopea laurentina Billings 1859

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria laurentina, Raphistomina laurentina

Full reference: E. Billings. 1859. Fossils of the Calciferous Sandrock, including those of a deposit of white limestone at Mingan, supposed to belong to the formation. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist 4:345-367

Belongs to Ceratopea according to P. J. Wagner 1999

See also Billings 1859, Twenhofel 1938 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Sister taxa: Ceratopea ankylosa, Ceratopea billingsi, Ceratopea buttsi, Ceratopea canadensis, Ceratopea capuliformis, Ceratopea compressum, Ceratopea depressa, Ceratopea grandis, Ceratopea hami, Ceratopea harpya, Ceratopea inflata, Ceratopea kawasakii, Ceratopea keithi, Ceratopea latiumbilicata, 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

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Chazy of Canada (1: Quebec)

• Cassinian of Canada (3: Quebec)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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