Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
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 Caricella according to G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer 1947
Sister taxa: Caricella bolaris, Caricella demissa, Caricella fenestra, Caricella ogilviana, Caricella perpinguis, Caricella polita, Caricella pyruloides, Caricella stormsiana, Caricella subangulata
Type specimen: ANSP 4757. Its type locality is Bunker Hill on the Ouachita River, which is in a Bartonian marginal marine horizon in the Moodys Branch Formation of Louisiana.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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