Charonia (Sassia) angusta Traub 1979 (triton shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Full reference: F. Traub. 1979. Weitere Paleozän-Gastropoden aus dem Helvetikum des Haunsberges nördlich von Salzburg. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie (19)93-123

Belongs to Charonia (Sassia) according to F. Traub 1979

Sister taxa: 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, Sassia warreni, Proxicharonia palmeri, Austrosassia tortirostris, Austrosassia annectans, Austrosassia crassicostatus, Austrosassia abbotti, Austrotriton gibbus, Austrotriton woodsii, Austrotriton tumulosus, Austrotriton textilis, Austrotriton cyphus, Austrotriton protensus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Haunsberg, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone/marl in the Oiching Formation of Austria.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mt. Haunsberg

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