Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
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
Belongs to Dolichupis (Trivellona) according to F. S. MacNeil 1960
Sister taxa: Trivellona avellanoides, Trivellona felixlorenzi, Trivellona ijzermani, Trivellona makranica
Type specimen: USNM 562667, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 17448 - Okinawa, which is in a Miocene deep-water claystone/sandstone in the Shimajiri Formation of Japan.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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