Pachystrophia inornatum Whiteaves 1884 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae

Alternative combinations: Euomphalus inornatus, Trochonema inornatum

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 Pachystrophia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Whiteaves 1884 and Whiteaves 1895

Sister taxa: Pachystrophia balclatchiensis, Pachystrophia contiguus, Pachystrophia devexa, Pachystrophia dilatata, Pachystrophia gotlandicus, Pachystrophia helicoides, Pachystrophia inchoans, Pachystrophia lescarboti, Pachystrophia mullockensis, Pachystrophia orinini, Pachystrophia subuloidea, Pachystrophia triquestra, Pachystrophia tuba, Pachystrophia vortex

Type specimen: Its type locality is Eurypterid-associated biota of the dolomite of the Lockport Fmn. at Elora, Ont., which is in a Ludlow open shallow subtidal dolomite in the Guelph Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (2: Ontario collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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