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.
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.
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