Rothpletzia floridana Vokes 1982 (hoof shell)

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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