Circulus ottonius Harris and Palmer 1947 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae

Full reference: G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer. 1947. The Mollusca of the Mississippi Embayment (Sabine River to the Alabama River). Pt. II. Univalves and index. Bulletins of American Paleontology 30(117):207-563

Belongs to Circulus according to G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer 1947

Sister taxa: Circulus duminyi, Circulus enaulus, Circulus estotensis, Circulus hennei, Circulus liratus, Circulus occidentalis, Circulus paulensis, Circulus rakhiensis, Circulus sigaretornuformis, Circulus striatus, Circulus supranitidus, Vitrinella (Circulus) striata

Type specimen: Its type locality is HiMS-2.1, which is in a Bartonian offshore siltstone in the Moodys Branch Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Mississippi collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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