Triton abbreviatus Conrad 1848 (triton)

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, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium impressum, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium eocenicum, Tritonium martinezensis, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium (Lagena), Tritonium buwaldi, Triton ovoideus, Triton connectens, Triton obscurus, Triton atavus, Triton elegans, Triton buccinoides, Triton cribrosus, Triton oligostirus, Triton mississpiensis, Triton obscurus, Triton sexcostatus, Triton crassidens, Triton heptagonum, Triton quoyi

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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