Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Synonyms: Proliospira Flower 1968, Roubidouxia Butts 1926
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich. 1911. Revision of the Paleozoic systems. Geological Society of America Bulletin 22:281-680
Parent taxon: Raphistomidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Flower 1968, Knight et al. 1960, Morris and Cleevely 1981, Sepkoski 2002, Wagner 1999, Wagner 2023 and Yochelson and Copeland 1974
Sister taxa: Bridgeites, Omulevia, Ophiletinae, Orospira, Raphistoma, Raphistomatinae, Scalites
Subtaxa: 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 parvum Ceratopea pygmaea Ceratopea sculpta Ceratopea sinclairensis Ceratopea subconica Ceratopea tennesseensis Ceratopea unguis Ceratopea vagrans Ceratopea wisei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection)
• Whiterockian of United States (5: Nevada)
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec)
• Arenigian of United States (1: Virginia)
• Arenig of Greenland (1), United States (1: Montana)
• Ordovician of Canada (19: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec), Greenland (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), the United Kingdom (4), United States (72: Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia)
• Canadian of Canada (1: Nunavut), United States (2: Maryland)
Total: 117 collections including 141 occurrences
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