Spiroraphe cryptata Billings 1866 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria cryptata, Spirorapha cryptata

Full reference: E. Billings. 1866. Catalogues of the Silurian fossils of the Island of Anticosti, with descriptions of some new genera and species 1-93

Belongs to Spiroraphe according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1866 and Twenhofel 1928

Sister taxa: Spiroraphe aequilatera, Spiroraphe bohemica, Spiroraphe galtensis, Spiroraphe pollens, Spiroraphe putillus, Spiroraphe shelvensis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (5: Quebec, Québec collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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