Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
Parent taxon: Pseudomelaniidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Gardner 1948, MacNeil 1960, Olsson 1964, Scarponi and Della Bella 2003, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Angulasina, Antiplanes, Bourguetia, Crassispira, Epidirona, Fusoidella, Glossispira, Hudlestonella, Leucosyrinx, Liocium, Lioglyphostoma, Maesiella, Malbalnella, Mesospira, Miraclathurella, Monilispira, Paosia, Pericarinata, Pilsbryspira, Pseudomelania, Ptychobela, Ramina, Tiariturris, Zonulispira, Carinodrillia, Inquisitor, Clavatoma, Austrodrillia
Subtaxa: Compsodrillia catherina Compsodrillia chowanensis Compsodrillia haliostrephis Compsodrillia senaria Compsodrillia tricatenaria Compsodrillia urceola
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Panama (1), United States (7: Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (4), Panama (7), the Philippines (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1), Japan (1), Panama (8)
Total: 36 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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