Gastropoda - Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Full reference: B. Cahuzac and A. W. Janssen. 2010. Eocene to Miocene holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France. Scripta geologica 141:1-193
Belongs to Limacina according to B. Cahuzac and A. W. Janssen 2010
Sister taxa: Limacina (Striolimacina), Limacina bulimoides, Limacina conica, Limacina gormani, Limacina karasawai, Limacina mercinensis, Limacina pygmaea, Limacina trochiformis, Limacina valvatina, Lornia limata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tuilerie de Gan (Janssen RGM collection), which is in a Ypresian offshore shelf marl/claystone in the Marnes de Gan Formation of France
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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