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Ordovician (Whiterockian) gastropods of Nevada: Bellerophontoidea, Macluritoidea, and Euomphaloidea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

David M. Rohr
David M. Rohr*
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Department of Geology, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas 79832
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Abstract

Gastropods are abundant in the Middle Ordovician (Whiterockian) Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada. Because Whiterockian rocks are absent in much of central and eastern North America, these Nevada gastropods play a significant role in understanding the Early to Middle Ordovician transition of the class. The shell and operculum of a new genus and species of macluritoid, Monitorella auricula, is described. New euomphaloid taxa include Walcottoma frydai n. gen. and sp., Rossospira harrisae n. gen. and sp., Barnesella measuresae n. sp., Helicotoma gubanovi n. sp., Lytospira yochelsoni n. sp., and Malayaspira hintzei n. sp.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , May 1994 , pp. 473 - 486
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