Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Alternative combinations: Raphistoma peracutum, Rhaphistoma peracutum
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Belongs to Scalites according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Sloan and Webers 1987, Twenhofel 1928, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Scalites alatum, Scalites amanoi, Scalites angulatus, Scalites depressa, Scalites irregulare, Scalites jonesi, Scalites kanesi, Scalites katoi, Scalites keizanensis, Scalites oradovekaiae, Scalites richmondensis, Scalites solitarius, Scalites tamurai, Scalites tellerensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (22: Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota collections)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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