Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Full reference: J. L. M. Defrance. 1818. Dauphinule. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 12:544-546
Belongs to Delphinula according to J. B. Lamarck 1822
See also Defrance 1818
Sister taxa: Angaria (Angaria), Angaria (Pseudoninella), Angaria calvii, Angaria cingulata, Angaria coronata, Angaria crassa, Angaria pakistanica, Angaria scobina, Angaria sphaerula, Delphinula spirorbis, Delphinula varia, Delphinula lima, Delphinula sulcata, Delphinula turbinoides, Delphinula calcar, Delphinula canalifera, Delphinula plana, Delphinula striata, Delphinula gervilii, Delphinula delphinus, Delphinula spiralis, Delphinula laciniata, Delphinula infundibulata, Delphinula laevigata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hauteville (Defrance collection), which is in a Lutetian carbonate carbonate in France
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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