Grandostoma etheridgei Reed 1921 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Alternative combination: Salpingostoma etheridgei

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1921. A monograph of the British Ordovician and Silurian Bellerophontacea. The Palaeontographical Society 31:1-92

Belongs to Grandostoma according to J.O.R. Ebbestad 1999

See also HornĂ½ 1963 and Reed 1921

Sister taxa: Grandostoma bohemica, Grandostoma caudatum, Grandostoma grande, Grandostoma taconicum

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Craig Head Quarry, 3 miles east of Girvan, Ayrshire (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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