Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae
Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225
Belongs to Clanculus according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
Sister taxa: Clanculus (Clanculopsis), Clanculus (Clanculus), Clanculus atropurpureus, Clanculus cerberi, Clanculus clanguloides, Clanculus comarilis, Clanculus granosus, Clanculus johnstoni, Clanculus limbatus, Clanculus maugeri, Clanculus maxillatus, Clanculus pascoei, Clanculus pseudaraonis, Clanculus submorum, Clanculus tricarinata
Type specimen: SAM-PQ-KN511, a shell. Its type locality is Koingnaas/Swartlintjies 50m Complex, which is in a Pliocene transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone in South Africa.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Koingnaas/Swartlintjies 50m Complex
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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