Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Alternative spelling: Anchura (Helicaulax)
Parent taxon: Anchurinae according to H. A. Kollmann 2009
See also Elder and Saul 1996, Saul and Popenoe 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alarimella, Drepanocheilus, Pletzachia, Pseudanchura, Pugioptera
Subtaxa: Anchura (Helicaulax) condoniana Anchura (Helicaulax) popenoei Anchura (Helicaulax) tricosa Helicaulax bicarinata Helicaulax bicarinata Helicaulax falcata Helicaulax latealata
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Cameroon (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Egypt (1), France (2), Germany (3), Nigeria (1), Poland (2), United States (51: Alabama, California, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee)
Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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