Oriostoma speciosum Whiteaves 1892 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae

Alternative combination: Gyronema speciosum

Full reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1892. The fossils of the Devonian rocks of the islands, shores or immediate vicinity of Lakes Manitoba and Winnipegosis. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 1(1):255-359

Belongs to Oriostoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Blodgett 1992, Blodgett and Johnson 1992, Parks 1913, Parks 1915, Whiteaves 1904 and Whiteaves 1906

Sister taxa: Oriostoma actaeon, Oriostoma acutum, Oriostoma angulatum, Oriostoma approximans, Oriostoma aspirans, Oriostoma assidua, Oriostoma barrandei, Oriostoma barroisi, Oriostoma chaleurensis, Oriostoma compar, Oriostoma confertissima, Oriostoma conjugata, Oriostoma coralli, Oriostoma corniculum, Oriostoma coronatum, Oriostoma costata, Oriostoma delicata, Oriostoma disjunctum, Oriostoma distans, Oriostoma dives, Oriostoma dulcis, Oriostoma echinatum, Oriostoma gerbaulti, Oriostoma giganteum, Oriostoma globosum, Oriostoma hoyi, Oriostoma ingenua, Oriostoma involuta, Oriostoma konincki, Oriostoma leda, Oriostoma lineatum, Oriostoma niagarensis, Oriostoma nux, Oriostoma oblita, Oriostoma ornatula, Oriostoma parens, Oriostoma parvula, Oriostoma pauper, Oriostoma paveyi, Oriostoma persculpta, Oriostoma pervetusta, Oriostoma polygonum, Oriostoma potens, Oriostoma princeps, Oriostoma pulchra, Oriostoma recedens, Oriostoma robusta, Oriostoma roemeri, Oriostoma rotundimuratus, Oriostoma rugaelineata, Oriostoma sarydalchaensis, Oriostoma sculpta, Oriostoma selecta, Oriostoma sequens, Oriostoma subcostata, Oriostoma tegulata, Oriostoma tenera, Oriostoma thorsteinssoni, Oriostoma tremulans, Oriostoma ventricosa, Oriostoma versata, Oriostoma virbalica, Oriostoma wisbyense, Oriostoma zonata, Oriostoma zonatum, Horiostoma involutum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GSC 80613 and 80128, Severn River (Silurian of Ontario)

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