Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Alternative combinations: Polytropis crenulata, Straparollus crenulatus
Full reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1884. On some new, imperfectly characterized or previously unrecorded species of fossils from the Guelph Formations of Ontario. Palaeozoic Fossils 3(1):1-43
Belongs to Poleumita according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Clarke and Ruedemann 1903, Northrop 1939, Whiteaves 1884 and Whiteaves 1895
Sister taxa: Poleumita alatum, Poleumita anabarica, Poleumita discors, Poleumita gyrans, Poleumita haliburtoni, Poleumita hudsonica, Poleumita incarinatus, Poleumita mashkovae, Poleumita myeri, Poleumita octavia, Poleumita prosseri, Poleumita rugosa, Poleumita scamnata, Poleumita semiplanus, Poleumita subsulcatus, Poleumita vernonensis, Poleumita walmstedti, Polytropis wetterawiensis, Polytropis apicespiralis, Polytropis durhamensis, Polytropis lauterbergensis, Polytropis spiralis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), United States (1: New York)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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