Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Alternative combination: Patella spirirostris
Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1802. Premier mémoire. Mollusques testacées dont on trouve les dépouilles fossiles dans les environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1:308-312
Belongs to Pileopsis according to G. P. Deshayes 1824
See also Lamarck 1802 and Lamarck 1822
Sister taxa: Pileopsis cornucopiae, Pileopsis dilatata, Pileopsis elegans, Pileopsis gossensi, Pileopsis opercularis, Pileopsis patelloides, Pileopsis pennata, Pileopsis pennatus, Pileopsis prisca, Pileopsis retortella
Type specimen: Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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