Granosolarium Sacco 1892 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae

Alternative spelling: Solarium (Granosolarium)

Synonym: Claraxis Iredale 1936

Parent taxon: Architectonicidae according to R. Bieler and R. E. Petit 2005

See also Dockery 1993, Maxwell 1978, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Acutitectonica, Architectonica, Basisulcata, Calodisculus, Dinaxis, Discotectonica, Disculus, Eosolarium, Heliacinae, Heliacus, Mangonuia, Margaritella, Patulaxis, Philippia, Pseudomalaxis, Pseudotorinia, Psilaxis, Rinaldoconchus, Spirolaxis, Torinia, Torinista, Wangaloa

Subtaxa: Granosolarium coffea Granosolarium pulchrum

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), Italy (1)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (6)

• Paleocene of Mexico (1)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Mexico (1), United States (7: Mississippi)

Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences

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