Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative combination: Popenoeum maritimum
Full reference: R. L. Squires, W. J. Zinsmeister, and L. M. Paredes-Mejia. 1989. Popenoeum, a New Pseudolivine Gastropod Genus: Widespread and Most Diversified during the Paleocene. Journal of Paleontology 63(2):212-217
Belongs to Popenoeum according to R. L. Squires et al. 1989
See also Pacaud and Schnetler 1999
Sister taxa: Popenoeum brevis, Popenoeum briarti, Popenoeum chavani, Popenoeum lacunosum, Popenoeum mutabilis, Popenoeum prima, Popenoeum scalina, Popenoeum subcostata
Subtaxa: Popenoeum maritimus bajaensis
Type specimen: IGM 4344, a shell. Its type locality is Purdue University loc. 1306, Mesa San Carlos, which is in a Thanetian shallow subtidal shale/sandstone in the Sepultura Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Mexico (5 collections), United States (3: California)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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