Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Alternative combination: Strombites speciosus

Belongs to Aporrhais according to M. Y. Hassan 1953

Sister taxa: Aporrhais (Aporrhais), Aporrhais biangulata, Aporrhais clarendonensis, Aporrhais dingdenensis, Aporrhais drachuki, Aporrhais dutrugei, Aporrhais gracilis, Aporrhais gregaria, Aporrhais occidentalis, Aporrhais pespelecani, Aporrhais pugens, Aporrhais rapax, Aporrhais semilaevis, Aporrhais sowerbii, Aporrhais uttingeriana

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Denmark (1 collection), France (19), Greenland (1), the Netherlands (1)

• Eocene of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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