Kangilioptera Rosenkrantz 1970 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Alternative spelling: Anchura (Kangilioptera)

Full reference: A. Rosenkrantz. 1970. Marine Upper Cretaceous and lowermost Tertiary deposits in West Greenland. Meddelelser Dansk Geologiske 9:406-453

Parent taxon: Aporrhaidae according to K. Roy 1994

See also Rosenkrantz 1970 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anchura, Anchurinae, Antarctohoges, Aporrhainae, Araeodactylus, Arrhoginae, Checchiaia, Chenopus, Cultrigera, Diarthema, Dimorphosominae, Disoketa, Drepanochilus, Goniocheila, Harpagodinae, Perissopterinae, Peruchilus, Protohemichenopus, Pterocerellinae, Pugnellinae, Spinigerinae, Spinigeropsis, Spinilomatinae, Strombites, Strombopugnellus, Struthiopterinae, Teneposita, Tibiaporrhais, Toarctocera, Trilemma, Tulochilus

Subtaxa: Anchura (Kangilioptera) ravni

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Greenland (1 collection), Japan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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