Hemisinus siliceus Brown and Pilsbry 1914 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae

Belongs to Hemisinus according to Brown and Pilsbry 1914

Sister taxa: Hemisinus (Cubaedomus), Hemisinus (Longiverena), Hemisinus antiguensis, Hemisinus atriformis, Hemisinus bituminifer, Hemisinus costatus, Hemisinus jacksonius, Hemisinus kochi, Hemisinus pistati, Hemisinus sulcatus, Hemisinus terebriformis

Type specimen: ANSP (no number), a shell

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at USGS 13539 - Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Lower Marine Sandstone, Oligocene) (Oligocene of Mexico)

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