†Hesperisternia waltonia Gardner 1944 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Belongs to Hesperisternia according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
Sister taxa: Hesperisternia corrugata, Hesperisternia karinae, Hesperisternia miamiensis, Hesperisternia multangulus, Hesperisternia scissus, Hesperisternia tortugera
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS Loc3856 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: Florida collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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