Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205
Parent taxon: Ataphridae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Kaim 2004, Kase 1984, Sepkoski 2002 and Szabo 1981
Sister taxa: Ataphrinae, Coronopsis, Endianaulax, Falsataphrus, Lewisiellinae, Teinostomopsis, Trochopsidea, Zircia
Subtaxa: Ataphrus (Ataphrus) Ataphrus acmon Ataphrus asiaticus Ataphrus compactus Ataphrus crassus Ataphrus folcoi Ataphrus howsei Ataphrus kerri Ataphrus labadyei Ataphrus marschmidti Ataphrus naricopsiformis Ataphrus ovulatus Ataphrus pembertoni Ataphrus planulatus Ataphrus wawalensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection), Greenland (2), United States (1: Maryland)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Germany (1), Japan (10), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (48: Alabama, California, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Jurassic of China (2), Egypt (1), France (5), Germany (3), Hungary (6), India (26), Italy (2), Poland (4), Portugal (3), Spain (3), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (7), the United Kingdom (4)
• Permian of Italy (4)
Total: 137 collections including 145 occurrences
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