Lemintina Risso 1826 (worm shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae

Alternative spelling: Vermetus (Lemintina)

Parent taxon: Vermetidae according to J. A. Gardner 1948

See also Gardner 1947, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1959

Sister taxa: Burtinella, Dendropoma, Dendropomatinae, Elliptovermetus, Lementina, Macrophragma, Serpulorbis, Vermetinae, Vermetus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Florida, North Carolina collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Greece (2), India (1), United States (2: North Carolina)

• Miocene of Greece (2), Poland (1), United States (6: Florida, New Jersey)

• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)

• Eocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of Poland (5)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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