Orbitestella Iredale 1906 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Orbitestellidae
Parent taxon: Orbitestellidae according to L. R. L. Simone and D. G. Zelaya 2004
See also Lozouet 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Squires and Goedert 1996
Sister taxa: Microdiscula, Praeorbitestella
Subtaxa: Orbitestella bastowi Orbitestella dioi Orbitestella granulata Orbitestella palaiopacifica Orbitestella patagonica
Type: Cyclostrema bastowi
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Indonesia (3), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of France (3)
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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