Charonia guichemerri Lozouet 1998 (triton)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Full reference: P. Lozouet. 1998. Nouvelles espéces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de L'Oligocéne et di Miocéne inférieur de"Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Cossmanniana 5(3-4):61-102

Belongs to Charonia according to P. Lozouet 1998

Sister taxa: Charonia (Charonia), Charonia lampas, Charonia multinodosa, Charonia sauliae, Charonia tritonis, Charonia univaricosum, Charonia variegata, Charonia weisbordi, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium (Lagena), Tritonium eocenicum, Tritonium impressum, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium buwaldi, Tritonium martinezensis, Triton cribrosus, Triton atavus, Triton buccinoides, Triton heptagonum, Triton obscurus, Triton sexcostatus, Triton mississpiensis, Triton quoyi, Triton connectens, Triton crassidens, Triton oligostirus, Triton obscurus, Triton ovoideus, Triton elegans, Triton abbreviatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Meilhan, which is in an Aquitanian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Falun de Sainte-Avit Formation of France

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Meilhan

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