†Pileopsis elegans Deshayes 1824 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Full reference: G. P. Deshayes. 1824. Description des Coquilles Fossiles des Environs de Paris, Tome Second: Mollusques 1-80
Belongs to Pileopsis according to G. P. Deshayes 1824
Sister taxa: Pileopsis cornucopiae, Pileopsis dilatata, Pileopsis gossensi, Pileopsis opercularis, Pileopsis patelloides, Pileopsis pennata, Pileopsis pennatus, Pileopsis prisca, Pileopsis retortella, Pileopsis spirirostris
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mouchy (Deshayes collection), which is in a Lutetian carbonate carbonate in France
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mouchy (Deshayes collection)
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