Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Full reference: S. E. Hoerle. 1972. Cerithiidae and Potamididae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Chipola Formation of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(1):1-22
Belongs to Cerithium (Thericium) according to S. E. Hoerle 1972
Sister taxa: Cerithium (Thericium) burnsii, Cerithium (Thericium) chipolanum, Cerithium (Thericium) dollfusi, Cerithium (Thericium) everwijni, Cerithium (Thericium) peregrinum, Cerithium (Thericium) rupestre, Cerithium (Thericium) stercumuscarum, Cerithium (Thericium) stercusmuscarum, Cerithium (Thericium) sucaradjanum, Cerithium (Thericium) volzi, Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum, Thericium (Chavanicerithium), Thericium europaeum, Thericium italicum
Type specimen: USNM 646942, a shell. Its type locality is TU 825 - Farley Creek, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (15: Florida collections)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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