Metacerithium paleocaenicum Traub 1938 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Metacerithiidae

Full reference: F. Traub. 1938. Geologische und paläontologische Bearbeitung der Kreide und des Tertiärs im östlichen Rupertiwinkel, nördlich von Salzburg [Geological and paleontological work on the Cretaceous and Tertiary of the eastern Ruperti region, north of Salzburg]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 88:1-107

Belongs to Metacerithium according to F. Traub 1938

Sister taxa: Metacerithium epicretaceum, Metacerithium packardi

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

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Austria (1 collection), Poland (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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