Mataxa Wade 1916 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Parent taxon: Cancellariidae according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003

See also Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964 and Sohl 1964

Sister taxa: Admete, Admetinae, Admetula, Agatrix, Aneurystoma, Babylonella, Calcarata, Cancellariinae, Caveola, Contortia, Egerea, Hertleinia, Neadmete, Perplicaria, Plesiotritoninae, Rhomboidestoma, Semitriton, Sveltia, Tribia, Trigonaphera, Trigonostoma, Tritonoharpa, Turehua, Unitas

Subtaxa: Mataxa arida Mataxa elegans Mataxa leioderma

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (14: Alabama, California, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas collections)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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