Subulites is a genus of fossil sea snails, mud-dwelling marine gastropod mollusks known from the early-middle Ordovician, apparently allied with the Caenogastropoda. They can be identified by their two whorls.
Subulites Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | †Subulitoidea |
Family: | †Soleniscidae |
Genus: | †Subulites |
References
edit- ^ Stanley, Jnr., George D. (1977). "Paleoecology of Subulites: a gastropod in the Middle Ordovician of central Tennessee". Journal of Paleontology. 51 (1): 161–168. JSTOR 1303473.
- ^ Nützel, A.; Erwin, D. H.; Mapes, R. H. (2000). "Identity and phylogeny of the Late Paleozoic Subulitoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Paleontology. 74 (4): 575–598. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0575:IAPOTL>2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1306940. S2CID 85978599.