Straparollus ammon White and Whitfield 1862 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Alternative combination: Euomphalus ammon

Full reference: C. A. White and R. P. Whitfield. 1862. Observations upon the rocks of the Mississippian Valley which have been referred to the Chemung Group of New York, together with descriptions of new species from the same horizon at Burlington, Iowa. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8:289-306

Belongs to Straparollus according to N. V. Zernetskaya 1967

See also Keyes 1889, Keyes 1894 and White and Whitfield 1862

Sister taxa: Euomphalus (Straparollus) exiguus, Euomphalus (Straparollus) rugosus, Straparollus (Philoxene), Straparollus (Straparollus), Straparollus acuminatus, Straparollus aequalis, Straparollus arcturus, Straparollus ater, Straparollus bicavatus, Straparollus brevis, Straparollus clymenioides, Straparollus complanans, Straparollus daphne, Straparollus davidi, Straparollus devonoaltus, Straparollus dionysii, Straparollus expectans, Straparollus filifora, Straparollus fragilis, Straparollus franciscae, Straparollus hecale, Straparollus heliciformis, Straparollus hippolyta, Straparollus honoratus, Straparollus incongruens, Straparollus ineptus, Straparollus inops, Straparollus kokeni, Straparollus leptoni, Straparollus levigatus, Straparollus lonemountainensis, Straparollus macromphalus, Straparollus magnus, Straparollus multispina, Straparollus newarkensis, Straparollus newarkensis, Straparollus paucivolvus, Straparollus paullulus, Straparollus pileopsideus, Straparollus planodiscus, Straparollus planorbiformis, Straparollus planus, Straparollus portlandensis, Straparollus quadrivolvis, Straparollus rudis, Straparollus spergenensis, Straparollus turritus, Straparollus ultimus, Straparollus vermis, Straparollus volnovachensis, Straparolus australis, Straparolus subdionysii

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Prospect Hill, bluff above river south of Burlington (Devonian of Iowa)

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