Strepsidura kerstingi Oppenheim 1915 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: P. Oppenheim. 1915. Die eocänen Invertebraten-Fauna des Kalksteins in Togo im Zusammenhange mit anderen Tertiärablagerungen Afrikas vergleichend betrachtet. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 12:1-126

Belongs to Strepsidura according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

See also Furon 1948 and Oppenheim 1915

Sister taxa: Fusus (Strepsidura) perlatus, Strepsidura (Eamesidura), Strepsidura cossmanni, Strepsidura diabloensis, Strepsidura ficus, Strepsidura gracilis, Strepsidura howardi, Strepsidura pachecoensis, Strepsidura pacifica, Strepsidura polaris, Strepsidura reticulata, Strepsidura soldadensis, Strepsidura spirata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Adabion, which is in a Thanetian carbonate limestone in Togo

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Nigeria (1 collection), Togo (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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