Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Full reference: E. Koken. 1896. Die Leitfossilien. Ein Handbuch für den Unterricht und für das Bestimmen von Versteinerungen 1-848
Parent taxon: Ophiletidae according to D. M. Rohr and E.A. Measures 2001
See also Knight et al. 1960, Linsley and Kier 1984, Morris and Cleevely 1981, Rohr et al. 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Yochelson 1977
Sister taxa: Asgardaspira, Ecculiomphalinae, Ecculiomphalus, Lecanospira, Malayaspira, Ophileta, Ozarkina, Rossospira
Subtaxa: Lytospira angelini Lytospira anguina Lytospira arcuata Lytospira distans Lytospira nitida Lytospira potens Lytospira serpula Lytospira subrotunda Lytospira tangens Lytospira tubicina Lytospira undulatus Lytospira valida
Type: Euomphalus angelini
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (3 collections), United States (1: Iowa)
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Québec), Estonia (3), Norway (3), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (17: Alaska, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Tennessee)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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