Vanikoropsis Meek 1876 (snail)

Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae

Parent taxon: Vanikoridae according to C. S. Cataldo 2017

See also Kase 1984, Sepkoski 2002, Stilwell et al. 2004 and White 1889

Sister taxa: Macromphalus, Megalomphalus, Radinista, Vanikorinae, Vanikoro

Subtaxa: Vanikoropsis arktowskiana Vanikoropsis leviplicata Vanikoropsis minuta Vanikoropsis suciensis Vanikoropsis toumeyana

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Type: Natica toumeyana

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Antarctica (10 collections), Greenland (2)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (3), Australia (1), Canada (3: Alberta), Germany (1), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Jurassic of China (1)

Total: 27 collections including 28 occurrences

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