Cookeconcha subpacificus Ladd 1958 (slug)

Gastropoda - Stylommatophora - Endodontidae

Alternative combination: Ptychodon subpacificus

Full reference: H. S. Ladd. 1958. Fossil land shells from western Pacific atolls. Journal of Paleontology 32:183-198

Belongs to Cookeconcha according to A. Solem 1976

See also Ladd 1958

Sister taxon: Cookeconcha antiquus

Type specimen: USNM 562090, a shell. Its type locality is Hole 2B, 1807-1818 ft depth, Bikini Atoll, which is in a Miocene terrestrial limestone in the Marshall Islands.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Hole 2B, 1807-1818 ft depth, Bikini Atoll

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