Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Alternative combinations: Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) burnsii, Cerithium burnsii
Belongs to Cerithium (Thericium) according to S. E. Hoerle 1972
Sister taxa: 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) vokesorum, Cerithium (Thericium) volzi, Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum, Thericium (Chavanicerithium), Thericium europaeum, Thericium italicum
Type specimen: USNM 113354, a shell. Its type locality is TU 453 - Alum Bluff [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (13: Florida collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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