Orbitestella dioi Hybertsen and Kiel 2018 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Orbitestellidae

Full reference: F. Hybertsen and S. Kiel. 2018. A middle Eocene seep deposit with silicified fauna from the Humptulips Formation in western Washington State, USA . Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63(4):751-768

Belongs to Orbitestella according to F. Hybertsen and S. Kiel 2018

Sister taxa: Orbitestella bastowi, Orbitestella granulata, Orbitestella palaiopacifica, Orbitestella patagonica

Type specimen: NRM Mo 185034, a partial shell

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at UWBM B8951 Satsop Weatherwax (Eocene of Washington)

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