Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ovulidae
Full reference: F. S. MacNeil and D. T. Dockery. 1984. Lower Oligocene Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Geology Bulletin 124:1-415
Belongs to Simnia (Calpurna) according to F. S. MacNeil and D. T. Dockery 1984
Sister taxa: Simnia (Simnia), Simnia (Spiculata), Simnia limondinae, Simnia pacaudi, Simnia rostralina, Simnia subcarnea, Simnia subtruncata, Simnia texana, Simnia wisewoodae, Neosimnia semen, Simnia (Neosimnia) cristata, Neosimnia leathesii, Neosimnia leathesi, Simnia (Neosimnia) semen, Neosimnia spelta, Simnia (Neosimnia) puella, Neosimnia puana, Neosimnia (Neosimnia), Neosimnia loebbeckeana, Neosimnia pliomajor
Type specimen: USNM 498348, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 7376. West bank of Leaf River 1 mile below abandoned bridge over Leaf River, which is in a Rupelian offshore claystone/sandstone in the Byram Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: Mississippi collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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