Crommium Cossmann 1888 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Alternative spelling: Amaurellina (Crommium)

Parent taxon: Ampullospirinae according to M. D. Perrilliat et al. 2006

See also Adegoke 1977, Givens and Kennedy 1976, Harris and Palmer 1947, Iqbal 1973, Majima 1989, Marincovich 1977, Nagao 1928, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987, Squires 1999, Traub 1979 and Turner 1938

Sister taxa: Amauropsis, Gyrodes, Lacunaria, Tejonia

Subtaxa: Crommium andersoni Crommium globosa Crommium intermedia Crommium lignitarum Crommium masinguiensis Crommium nigeriense Crommium palmasensis Crommium palmerae Crommium perovatum Crommium pinyonensis Crommium pseudowillemeti Crommium rouaulti Crommium willemettii

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Type: Ampullaria willemettii

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Bulgaria (5 collections)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), Colombia (6), France (5), Mexico (2), Pakistan (3), Somalia (1), Spain (73), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (31: Alabama, California, Florida, Oregon, Texas)

• Paleocene of Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), United States (5: Alabama, California)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (1)

Total: 143 collections including 146 occurrences

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