†Opalia (Pliciscala) thomseni Schnetler 2001 (wentletrap)
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Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Full reference: K. I. Schnetler. 2001. The Selandian (Paleocene) mollusc fauna from Copenhagen, Denmark: the Poul Harder 1920 collection. Geology of Denmark Survey Bulletin 37:1-85
Belongs to Opalia (Pliciscala) according to K. I. Schnetler 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sundkrogen 4, Selandian, Denmark, which is in a Selandian marginal marine claystone in the Lellinge Greensand Formation of Denmark
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sundkrogen 4, Selandian, Denmark
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