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Monoplacophoran(?) From Ludlowville Fm.

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Hey all,

I've been going through some of my finds from one of my trips up to Madison County, NY and came across something that I think may be a Monoplacaphoran.

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Monoplacophorans are mollusks with small, cap like shells that resemble snails (gastropods) but are not. This was found in the Ludlowville Formation (Devonian, Givetian stage) at the Geer Rd. quarry, Madison, NY. As it stands I can't seem to fins anything in the literature regarding a monoplacophoran short of Cyrtonella pileolus, but that species has a beak that curves back only one volution (only makes one turn and does not repeat). Any comments or suggestions are welcomed.

-Dave

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Howard, thanks for the pic.

Jim, That was my first thought too but then the beak points backwards instead of straight up as I would expect Orbiculoidea to be.

-Dave

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BUMP!

Still no consensus on this, hunch Dave?

Regards,

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