Hemisinus Swainson 1840 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae

Synonyms: Aulacostoma Spix in Wagner 1827, Bassistoma Lea 1852, Semisinus Fischer 1885

Parent taxon: Semisinusinae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

See also Harris and Palmer 1947, Olsson 1931, Vaught et al. 1989 and Woodring 1959

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Hemisinus (Cubaedomus) Hemisinus (Longiverena) Hemisinus antiguensis Hemisinus atriformis Hemisinus bituminifer Hemisinus costatus Hemisinus jacksonius Hemisinus kochi Hemisinus pistati Hemisinus septencinctus Hemisinus siliceus Hemisinus sulcatus Hemisinus terebriformis

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)

• Miocene of Colombia (1), Panama (2), Peru (2)

• Oligocene of Mexico (2), Panama (1), Peru (1)

• Eocene of Cuba (1), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Arkansas, Louisiana)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Poland (1)

Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences

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