†Tessarolax retusa Sowerby 1836 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Alternative combination: Trilemma retusum
Belongs to Tessarolax according to L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2015
See also Blagovetshenskiy and Shumilkin 2006
Sister taxa: Aporrhais (Tessarolax) ebrayi, Tessarolax alaskana, Tessarolax bicarinata, Tessarolax bullardi, Tessarolax distorta, Tessarolax gabbi, Tessarolax grahami, Tessarolax inconspicua, Tessarolax incrustata, Tessarolax louellae, Tessarolax teleos, Tessarolax trinalis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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