Bourguetia Deshayes 1871 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae

Alternative spelling: Bourgetia

Parent taxon: Pseudomelaniidae according to J. Gründel and V. Mitta 2013

See also Fürsich 1999, Gardner and Campbell 1997, Gründel 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Angulasina, Antiplanes, Compsodrillia, Crassispira, Epidirona, Fusoidella, Glossispira, Hudlestonella, Leucosyrinx, Liocium, Lioglyphostoma, Maesiella, Malbalnella, Mesospira, Miraclathurella, Monilispira, Paosia, Pericarinata, Pilsbryspira, Pseudomelania, Ptychobela, Ramina, Tiariturris, Zonulispira, Clavatoma, Austrodrillia, Carinodrillia, Inquisitor

Subtaxa: Bourguetia arata Bourguetia deshayesea Bourguetia striata

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Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Paleocene of India (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Chile (2), Ethiopia (1), France (8), Germany (1), Israel (1), Kenya (3), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (1), Saudi Arabia (3), Tanzania (2), the United Kingdom (24)

• Triassic of Chile (1), New Zealand (2)

Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence

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