Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
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 Sinum according to G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer 1947
Sister taxa: Sinum (Sinum), Sinum africanum, Sinum akinkugbei, Sinum aquensis, Sinum beatricae, Sinum bilix, Sinum carolanum, Sinum chesapeakensis, Sinum chipolanum, Sinum clathratum, Sinum concavum, Sinum cymba, Sinum debile, Sinum debilis, Sinum declive, Sinum euryhedra, Sinum excentricum, Sinum eximium, Sinum fragilis, Sinum gabbi, Sinum gabrielensis, Sinum gatunense, Sinum grayi, Sinum haliotoidea, Sinum imperforatum, Sinum ineptum, Sinum jacksonense, Sinum javanus, Sinum lacondamini, Sinum maculatum, Sinum mississippiense, Sinum naticoidalis, Sinum nolani, Sinum noyesii, Sinum obliquum, Sinum pacificum, Sinum perrini, Sinum perspectivum, Sinum protoneritoideus, Sinum quirosanum, Sinum sanctijohannis, Sinum scopulosum, Sinum scopulosus, Sinum subglobosus, Sigaretus javanus, Sigaretus mississippiensis, Sigaretus mexicanus, Sigaretus sanctijohannis, Sigaretus (Naticina), Sigaretus cinctus, Sigaretus perrini, Sigaretus costatus, Sigaretus raynevalli, Ectosinum microstira
Type specimen: PRI 4521, a shell. Its type locality is Danville Landing, which is in a Priabonian marginal marine marl in the Moodys Branch Formation of Louisiana.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Mississippi collections)
• Eocene of United States (3: Louisiana)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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