†Rothpletzia floridana Vokes 1982 (hoof shell)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1982. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XXV. On the occurrence of the genus Rothpletzia simonelli (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 17(2):51-54
Belongs to Rothpletzia according to H. E. Vokes 1982
Sister taxa: Rothpletzia rudista, Neomonopleura weidenmayeri
Type specimen: USNM 340288, a shell. Its type locality is TU 1048 - Farley Creek, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at TU 1048 - Farley Creek
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