The recent report-in this journal by A. Holmqvist (1980: Ordovician gastropods from Vardofjället, Swedish Lapland, and the dating of Caledonian serpentinite conglomerates.Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 102, 493–497) of a newly discovered fossil locality in the Köli of Vardofjället, Swedish Lapland is discussed. Whilst the find of five, poorly preserved gastropods is important, the assignment of this material to the long-ranging superfamily Macluritacea severely restricts its use and significance. Any stratigraphical conclusions based upon such material are misleading.