†Cepatia cepacea Lamarck 1804 (moon snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative combination: Natica cepacea
Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1804. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 5:91-98
Belongs to Cepatia according to Y. Okan and I. Hosgor 2008
See also Eames 1952 and Lamarck 1804
Sister taxon: Cepatia shazlii
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Bulgaria (4 collections), France (4), Germany (1), Italy (1), Pakistan (5), Romania (5), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Turkey (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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