Amphissa Adams and Adams 1853 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Parent taxon: Pyrenidae according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931

See also Abbott 1974, Durham 1944 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Tetrastomella

Subtaxa: Amphissa acutecostata Amphissa columbiana Amphissa lineata Amphissa pulchrilineata Amphissa reticulata Amphissa undata Amphissa versicolor

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (12 collections), United States (58: California, Oregon)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of United States (7: California)

• Miocene of Spain (1)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of United States (1: Washington)

Total: 81 collections including 90 occurrences

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