Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Alternative spellings: Pleurotomaria (Raphistoma), Rhaphistoma, Straparollus (Raphistoma)
Full reference: J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338
Parent taxon: Raphistomatidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002, Shaler and Foerste 1888, Twenhofel 1928, Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Wagner 1999 and Whitfield 1882
Sister taxa: Bridgeites, Ceratopea, Omulevia, Ophiletinae, Orospira, Raphistomatinae, Scalites
Subtaxa: Raphistoma alaskensis Raphistoma apertum Raphistoma calyx Raphistoma coreanicum Raphistoma crevieri Raphistoma debganensis Raphistoma eucharis Raphistoma gubanovi Raphistoma minuta Raphistoma pauper Raphistoma pelhamensis Raphistoma shakopeense Raphistoma stamineum Raphistoma striatum Rhaphistoma cruciana Rhaphistoma vaurealense
Type: Maclurea striatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (1 collection), Canada (8: Quebec), China (1), Germany (1), Morocco (2), North Korea (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (31: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah)
• Chazy of Canada (15: Ontario, Quebec), United States (30: New York, Vermont)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (1: Nevada)
• Arenig of China (4)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Cassinian of United States (1: Minnesota)
Total: 99 collections including 106 occurrences
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