Coelocyclus ornatus Northrop 1939 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative combination: Bellerophon ornatus

Full reference: S. A. Northrop. 1939. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Silurian rocks of the Port Daniel-Black Cape Region, Gaspé. Geological Society of America Special Paper 21:1-302

Belongs to Coelocyclus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Northrop 1939

Sister taxa: Bellerophon (Coelocyclus) novaeki, Coelocyclus groenlandicus, Coelocyclus hadroni, Coelocyclus novaki, Coelocyclus rarissimus, Coelocyclus tschernyschevi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Northrop Locality 019 Along crest of Reddish Point ridge, east of Port Daniel, which is in a Pridoli deep subtidal shelf lime mudstone in the West Point Formation of Canada.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Northrop Locality 019. Along crest of Reddish Point ridge, east of Port Daniel

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