†Altrix Palmer 1942 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Alternative spelling: Puncturella (Altrix)
Parent taxon: Fissurellidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Squires and Goedert 1996
Sister taxa: Austriacopsis, Emarginulinae, Fissurellinae, Hemitoma, Leurolepas, Lucapina, Lucapinella, Nesta, Parmophorus, Puncturella, Subemarginula, Zeidora
Subtaxa: Puncturella (Altrix) pacifica
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: Mississippi, South Carolina, Washington collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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