Chesasyrinx Petuch 1988 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae

Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217

Parent taxon: Cochlespirinae according to E. J. Petuch 1988

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aforia, Apiotoma, Clavosurcula, Cochlespira, Nannoidella, Nihonia, Pyrgospira, Sibogasyrinx, Tropisurcula

Subtaxa: Chesasyrinx mariana Chesasyrinx rotifera

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Type: Pleurotoma rotifera

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm] (Miocene of Maryland)

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