Varicigera choffati Douvillé 1916 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae

Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184

Belongs to Varicigera according to H. Douvillé 1916

Sister taxa: Tylostoma (Tylostoma), Tylostoma aequatoriale, Tylostoma allisoni, Tylostoma cossoni, Tylostoma garzana, Tylostoma globosum, Tylostoma laharpi, Tylostoma materinum, Tylostoma minimum, Tylostoma ovatum, Tylostoma pallaryi, Tylostoma pechueli, Tylostoma sergipensis, Tylostoma torrubiae, Tylostoma whitei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Manzour (Upper Albian limestone), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Egypt

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Gebel Manzour (Upper Albian limestone)

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