Verconella Iredale 1914 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Parent taxon: Siphonaliinae according to Finlay 1928
See also Beu et al. 1990 and Harris and Palmer 1947
Sister taxon: Berylsma
Subtaxa: Verconella penrosei
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Louisiana)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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