Family Fossarinidae Bandel 2009 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Fossarinidae

Full reference: K. Bandel. 2009. The slit bearing nacreous Archaeogastropoda of the Triassic tropical reefs in the St. Cassian Formation with evaluation of the taxonomic value of the selenizone. Berliner Paläobiologische Abhandlungen 10:5-47

Parent taxon: Trochoidea according to K. Bandel 2009

Sister taxa: Angariidae, Araeonematidae, Areneidae, Ataphridae, Calliostomatidae, Colloniidae, Epulotrochidae, Eucochlidae, Liotiidae, Metriomphalidae, Nododelphinulidae, Phasianellidae, Sclarotrardidae, Skeneidae, Solariellidae, Strianematina, Tegulidae, Trochidae, Turbinidae, Ueckerconulus, Velainellidae

Subtaxa: Fossarina

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Mu-4 (0-100 ft), Eniwetok Atol (Quaternary of Marshall Islands)

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