†Diastoma sameri Abbass 1967 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154
Belongs to Diastoma according to H. L. Abbass 1967
Sister taxa: Diastoma acuminiense, Diastoma acumininense, Diastoma americanum, Diastoma costellatum, Diastoma elaenia, Diastoma elongatum, Diastoma insulaemaris, Diastoma multispiratum, Diastoma ornatum, Diastoma rakhiensis
Type specimen: G404, a shell.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Egypt 9 (Mokattam) (Eocene of Egypt)
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