Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Full reference: A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550
Belongs to Sassia according to A. G. Beu 2010
Sister taxa: Charonia (Sassia) angusta, Charonia (Sassia) danica, Sassia (Byramia), Sassia (Personella), Sassia (Sassia), Sassia africana, Sassia apenninica, Sassia armata, Sassia carlea, Sassia carmenensis, Sassia indica, Sassia kampyla, Sassia leucostomoides, Sassia lewisi, Sassia melpangi, Sassia morgani, Sassia nigeriana, Sassia nucleoides, Sassia parvula, Sassia philomelae, Sassia radialis, Sassia tatei, Austrosassia annectans, Austrosassia tortirostris, Austrosassia abbotti, Austrosassia crassicostatus, Austrotriton protensus, Austrotriton gibbus, Austrotriton tumulosus, Austrotriton textilis, Austrotriton cyphus, Austrotriton woodsii, Proxicharonia palmeri
Type specimen: NMB H 17964, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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