†Cepatia Gray 1842 (moon snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Parent taxon: Polinicinae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Abbass 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bulbus, Calinaticina, Choristes, Conuber, Euspira, Falsilunatia, Kerguelenatica, Mammilla, Neverita, Payraudeautia, Pliconacca, Polinices, Poliniciella, Sigaticus, Uberella
Subtaxa: Cepatia cepacea Cepatia shazlii
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Bulgaria (4 collections), Egypt (1), France (4), Germany (1), India (1), Italy (1), Pakistan (5), Romania (5), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Turkey (1)
• Paleocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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