Subulites

Subulites Temporal range: Early Ordovician–Mid Ordovician[1][2] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	†Subulitoidea
Family:	†Soleniscidae
Genus:	†Subulites

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.

References

1. 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.
2. 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.