Euspirocrommium Sacco 1890 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Alternative spellings: Amaurellina (Euspirocrommium), Ampullospira (Euspirocrommium), Crommium (Euspirocrommium)

Parent taxon: Naticidae according to T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick 2008

See also Darragh 2017, Harzhauser et al. 2002, Majima 1989, Marincovich 1977, Pacaud and Ledon 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Turner 1938 and Vredenburg 1928

Sister taxa: Amaurellina, Amauropsella, Amauropsina, Amauropsona, Amaurospina, Ampullospirinae, Austrocochlis, Banis, Chilocyclus, Cochlis, Eunatica, Forator, Globisininae, Globulariinae, Gyrodinae, Lunatia, Magnatica, Maxwellinatica, Natica ocoyana, Naticinae, Payradeautia, Polinicinae, Sigatica, Sininae, Tanea, Taniella

Subtaxa: Euspirocrommium conicum Euspirocrommium degensis Euspirocrommium hewitti Euspirocrommium nantoialense Euspirocrommium proinum Euspirocrommium vincenti

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Type: Crommium degensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Australia (2 collections), France (1), Panama (5), United States (2: California)

• Paleocene of Pakistan (2)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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