Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Full reference: F. S. MacNeil. 1960. Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339:1-148
Parent taxon: Cochlespiridae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also MacNeil 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aforia, Apiotoma, Chesasyrinx, Clavosurcula, Cochlespira, Nannoidella, Pyrgospira, Sibogasyrinx, Tropisurcula
Subtaxa: Nihonia pervigo Nihonia shimajiriensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Japan (2)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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