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 variegata, Charonia weisbordi, Tritonium impressum, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium buwaldi, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium eocenicum, Tritonium martinezensis, Triton abbreviatus, Triton obscurus, Triton atavus, Triton obscurus, Triton connectens, Triton oligostirus, Triton mississpiensis, Triton buccinoides, Triton cribrosus, Triton quoyi, Triton heptagonum, Triton crassidens, Triton sexcostatus, Triton ovoideus

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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