Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
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 Caricella according to T. A. Conrad 1848
Sister taxa: Caricella bolaris, Caricella fenestra, Caricella howei, Caricella ogilviana, Caricella perpinguis, Caricella polita, Caricella pyruloides, Caricella stormsiana, Caricella subangulata
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:
• Oligocene of United States (9: Mississippi collections)
• Eocene of United States (8: Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (4: Alabama)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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