Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Perissityidae
Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1927. Gabb's California fossil type gastropods. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 78:287-447
Parent taxon: Perissityidae according to W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul 1987
See also Durham 1944, Hickman 1976, Saul 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Turner 1938 and Zinsmeister 1983
Sister taxa: Christitys, Cydas, Forsia, Murphitys, Perissitys, Pseudocymia, Zinsitys
Subtaxa: Nekewis io Nekewis marina Nekewis nehalemensis Nekewis scowensis Nekewis seidersi Nekewis simiensis
Type: Fasciolaria io
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
• Eocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (11: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Greenland (1), United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Japan (2), United States (3: California)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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