Bathyancistrolepis Habe and Ito 1968 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative spelling: Ancistrolepis (Bathyancistrolepis)

Parent taxon: Ancistrolepidinae according to K. Amano and A. Oleinik 2016

See also Titova 1994

Sister taxon: Neancistrolepis

Subtaxa: Bathyancistrolepis mikasaensis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Seep facies, Ikushunbetsu River - Poronai Fm (Eocene of Japan)

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