Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
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 Asthenotoma according to G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer 1947
Sister taxa: Asthenotoma biconus, Asthenotoma funiculosa, Asthenotoma helicoides, Asthenotoma icenorum, Asthenotoma microcheila, Asthenotoma newtoni, Asthenotoma pupa, Asthenotoma terhaari, Asthenotoma tuberculata, Asthenotoma zonulata
Type specimen: PRI 4965. Its type locality is Danville Landing, which is in a Priabonian marginal marine marl in the Moodys Branch Formation of Louisiana.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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