Ceratopea parvum Stauffer 1937 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Alternative combination: Raphistoma parvum

Full reference: C. R. Stauffer. 1937. A diminutive fauna from the Shakopee Dolomite (Ordovician) at Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Journal of Paleontology 11(1):55-60

Belongs to Ceratopea according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Stauffer 1937

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 laurentina, Ceratopea lemonei, Ceratopea lenticularis, Ceratopea medfraensis, Ceratopea miser, Ceratopea numeria, Ceratopea obtusa, Ceratopea pygmaea, Ceratopea sculpta, Ceratopea sinclairensis, Ceratopea subconica, Ceratopea tennesseensis, Ceratopea unguis, Ceratopea vagrans, Ceratopea wisei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cannon Falls, which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone in the Shakopee Formation of Minnesota

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cannon Falls

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