Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Full reference: L. Riedel. 1933. Die Oberkreide vom Mungofluà in Kamerun und ihre Fauna. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 16:1-154
Belongs to Helicaulax according to R. A. Reyment 1955
See also Riedel 1933
Sister taxa: Anchura (Helicaulax) condoniana, Anchura (Helicaulax) popenoei, Anchura (Helicaulax) tricosa, Helicaulax bicarinata, Helicaulax bicarinata, Helicaulax falcata, Helicaulax formosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Bombe, Mungo River, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (2 collections), Nigeria (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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