Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1919. Tertiary mollusks from the Leeward Islands and Cuba. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington 105-156
Belongs to Hemisinus according to C. W. Cooke 1919
Sister taxa: Hemisinus (Cubaedomus), Hemisinus (Longiverena), Hemisinus antiguensis, Hemisinus atriformis, Hemisinus costatus, Hemisinus jacksonius, Hemisinus kochi, Hemisinus pistati, Hemisinus siliceus, Hemisinus sulcatus, Hemisinus terebriformis
Type specimen: USNM 166993, a partial shell. Its type locality is USNM 3652, 5312, which is in a Ypresian/Bartonian coastal tar in Cuba.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at USNM 3652, 5312
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