Candinia pliocaenica Le Renard et al. 1996 (snail)

Gastropoda - Juliidae

Full reference: J. Le Renard, B. Sabelli, and M. Taviani. 1996. On Candinia (Sacoglossa: Juliidae), a new fossil genus of bivalved Gastropods. Journal of Paleontology 70(2):230-235

Belongs to Candinia according to J. Le Renard et al. 1996

Sister taxon: Candinia krachi

Type specimen: MZB 11617A, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Poggio alla Staffa, near Pietrafitta (Colle di Val d'Elsa), which is in a Zanclean/Piacenzian coastal sandstone in Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Poggio alla Staffa, near Pietrafitta (Colle di Val d'Elsa)

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