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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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