†Deussenia Stephenson 1941 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
Parent taxon: Melongeninae according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sohl 1964
Sister taxa: Melongena, Pentzia, Probuccinum, Serrifusus, Heligmotoma
Subtaxa: Deussenia bellalirata Deussenia californiana Deussenia microstriata Deussenia pacificana Deussenia ripleyana Deussenia sierrana
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: California collection)
• Cretaceous of Japan (1), United States (59: Alabama, California, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 61 collections including 70 occurrences
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