Delphinula varia Defrance 1818 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae

Full reference: J. L. M. Defrance. 1818. Dauphinule. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 12:544-546

Belongs to Delphinula according to J. L. M. 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 striata, Delphinula plana, Delphinula warnii, Delphinula spiralis, Delphinula turbinoides, Delphinula infundibulata, Delphinula laciniata, Delphinula lima, Delphinula delphinus, Delphinula laevigata, Delphinula canalifera, Delphinula calcar, Delphinula sulcata, Delphinula gervilii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hauteville (Defrance collection), which is in a Lutetian carbonate carbonate in France

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Hauteville (Defrance collection)

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