Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Synonym: Nautilus comptoni Sowerby 1816
Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1804. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 5:179-188
Belongs to Lenticulina according to A. Missotti 2022
See also d'Orbigny 1840, Lamarck 1804 and Sowerby 1816
Sister taxa: Lenticulina (Astacolus), Lenticulina (Lenticulina), Lenticulina (Planularia), Lenticulina (Robulus), Lenticulina convergens, Lenticulina degolyeri, Lenticulina fukushimaensis, Lenticulina inornata, Lenticulina midwayensis, Lenticulina mosesei, Lenticulina munsteri, Lenticulina planulata, Lenticulina rancocasensis, Lenticulina rosetta, Lenticulina tomikii, Lenticulina ulatisensis, Lenticulina varians, Lenticulina variolata, Lenticulina wichmanni
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (1 collection), North Pacific (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Miocene of Germany (12)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Louisiana)
• Paleocene of Argentina (3)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Chile (2), Egypt (1)
• Jurassic of Poland (6), Switzerland (1)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
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