†Omalaxis Deshayes 1832 (turret shell)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative spelling: Omaloxon
Parent taxon: Omalaxinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Allison 1955, Bouchet et al. 2005, Global Biodiversity Information Facility 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Omalaxis bifrons Omalaxis disjunctum Omalaxis planorbis
Type: Solarium disjunctum
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), France (14), the United Kingdom (5), United States (8: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 31 collections including 43 occurrences
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