Hespererato oppenheimeri Kensley and Pether 1986 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eratoidae

Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225

Belongs to Hespererato according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986

Sister taxa: Hespererato (Hespererato), Hespererato chipolana, Hespererato cocconii, Hespererato columbella, Hespererato emmonsi, Hespererato marqueti, Hespererato panamensis, Hespererato scabriuscula, Hespererato transiens, Hespererato vitellina

Type specimen: SAM K1428, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of South Africa (1 collection)

• Pliocene of South Africa (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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