Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Neritidae
Parent taxon: Neritidae according to K. Bandel and S. Kiel 2003
See also Allison 1955, Kase 1984, Saul and Squires 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1995, Squires and Saul 1993 and Squires and Saul 2001
Sister taxa: Clithon, Cryptonerita, Cuisenerita, Lyosoma, Mesoneritina, Natitaria, Neritinae, Neritininae, Neritodonta, Neritodryas, Neritoplica, Neritoptyx, Panneritina, Pisulina, Schwardtina, Smaragdiinae, Sosiospira, Thalassonerita, Velatella, Velatinae, Vitta
Subtaxa: Otostoma aethes Otostoma atopos Otostoma bisculptata Otostoma kassenbergensis Otostoma lucanus Otostoma sharonae
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Spain (4 collections), United States (6: California)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Greenland (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Austria (2), Chile (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), France (2), Germany (2), Japan (12), United States (4: California, Kansas)
• Jurassic of India (1)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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