Seila Adams 1861 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae

Parent taxon: Cerithiopsidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005

See also Darragh 2017, Harris and Palmer 1947, Hoerle 1972, Ladd 1972, Martin 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964, Ward and Blackwelder 1987, Weisbord 1962 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Aliptinae, Altispecula, Binda, Cerithiopsinae, Cerithiopsis, Clathropsis, Conciliopsis, Cyrbasia, Dizoniopsis, Euseila, Horologica, Notoseila, Pilaflexis, Potenatomus, Retilaskeya, Seilinae, Socienna, Specula, Synthopsis, Thereitis, Tubercliopsis

Subtaxa: Seila (Hebeseila) Seila adamsii Seila assimilata Seila montereyensis Seila mundula Seila stenopyrgisca Seila trilineata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), Mexico (6), Portugal (1), United States (46: California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (2), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (12: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene of Austria (3), France (1), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Poland (1), United States (13: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey)

• Oligocene of Denmark (1), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Australia (1), Belgium (2), France (3), Germany (1), India (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (7: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (1), Greenland (1), Puerto Rico (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Cretaceous of United States (12: Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 144 collections including 154 occurrences

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