Caricella polita Conrad 1854 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1854. Fossil Testacea of the Tertiary green-sand and marl-bed of Jackson, Miss. Determined and named by T. A. Conrad. Report on the agriculture and geology of Mississippi 289

Belongs to Caricella according to G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer 1947

See also Conrad 1854 and Conrad 1856

Sister taxa: Caricella bolaris, Caricella demissa, Caricella fenestra, Caricella howei, Caricella ogilviana, Caricella perpinguis, Caricella pyruloides, Caricella stormsiana, Caricella subangulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (9: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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