Stellaria Schmidt 1832 (carrier shell)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Synonym: Haliphoebus Kiener 1879
Parent taxon: Xenophoridae according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009
See also Nielsen and DeVries 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Vaught et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Acanthoxenophora, Austrophora, Endoptygma, Onustus, Xenophora
Subtaxa: Stellaria chinensis Stellaria kriegerbartholdi Stellaria solaris Stellaria subextensa Stellaria testigera
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1 collection), Italy (2)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Denmark (1), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of India (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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