†Mesolanistes Yen 1945 (apple snail)
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Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Parent taxon: Ampullariidae according to T. T. Yu et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Afropominae, Ampullariinae, Asolene, Coronatica, Lanistes, Pictavia, Pila, Pomacea, Pseudoceratodes
Subtaxa: Mesolanistes nanxiongensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Paleocene of China (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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