Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Triton according to T. A. Conrad 1848
Sister taxa: Charonia (Charonia), Charonia guichemerri, Charonia lampas, Charonia multinodosa, Charonia sauliae, Charonia tritonis, Charonia univaricosum, Charonia variegata, Charonia weisbordi, Triton heptagonum, Triton elegans, Triton mississpiensis, Triton ovoideus, Triton connectens, Triton obscurus, Triton atavus, Triton obscurus, Triton abbreviatus, Triton sexcostatus, Triton buccinoides, Triton cribrosus, Triton quoyi, Triton oligostirus, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium impressum, Tritonium eocenicum, Tritonium (Lagena), Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium buwaldi, Tritonium martinezensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Vicksburg
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