Coptochetus Cossmann 1889 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Parent taxon: Buccininae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ancistrolepidini, Angistoma, Austrobuccinum, Buccinini, Buccinulini, Colini, Corneobuccinum, Eripachya, Euryochetus, Exilioidea, Fax, Kapala, Liomesini, Plicibuccinum, Pseudofax, Pseudoliomesus, Serratifusus, Strombinophos, Volutharpa

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

• Paleocene of Greenland (2), Poland (1)

Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences

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