Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 1980. Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon. Bulletins of American Paleontology 78(310):1-112
Belongs to Conomitra according to C. S. Hickman 1980
Sister taxa: Conomitra antarctolirata, Conomitra capitolina, Conomitra caribbeana, Conomitra cernohorskyi, Conomitra falconensis, Conomitra fusoides, Conomitra guineensis, Conomitra iredalei, Conomitra jacksonensis, Conomitra kendrewi, Conomitra lavelana, Conomitra lehneri, Conomitra leonardhilli, Conomitra strombodiformis, Conomitra texana
Type specimen: USNM 251407, a shell. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 15280) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Eocene of United States (10: Oregon)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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