Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Full reference: K. I. Schnetler, H. Madsen, K. K. Sliwinska, C. Heilmann-Clausen, and K. Ulleberg. 2024. A late Oligocene molluscan fauna and Oligocene coastal outcrops from Vilsund, NW Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 73:1-40
Belongs to Cerithiopsis according to K. I. Schnetler et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Cerithiopsis (Alipta), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsida), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsidella), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsina), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Heterocerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Laskeya), Cerithiopsis alcima, Cerithiopsis aldrichi, Cerithiopsis alternata, Cerithiopsis andersoni, Cerithiopsis aralia, Cerithiopsis bolingerensis, Cerithiopsis calvertensis, Cerithiopsis carmenensis, Cerithiopsis carpenteri, Cerithiopsis cesta, Cerithiopsis columna, Cerithiopsis dautzenbergi, Cerithiopsis diagona, Cerithiopsis discreta, Cerithiopsis emersoni, Cerithiopsis emersonii, Cerithiopsis excelsus, Cerithiopsis gemmulosa, Cerithiopsis greenii, Cerithiopsis greggiensis, Cerithiopsis halia, Cerithiopsis hauniensis, Cerithiopsis inopinus, Cerithiopsis jacksonensis, Cerithiopsis lechuzaensis, Cerithiopsis llajasensis, Cerithiopsis mekranica, Cerithiopsis merriami, Cerithiopsis nana, Cerithiopsis newcombei, Cerithiopsis orovillensis, Cerithiopsis oxys, Cerithiopsis palmerae, Cerithiopsis pedroana, Cerithiopsis punjabensis, Cerithiopsis pustuloclathrata, Cerithiopsis stantoni, Cerithiopsis stejnegeri, Cerithiopsis subulata, Cerithiopsis tubercularis, Cerithiopsis veatchiana, Cerithiopsis vinca, Cerithiopsis washingtoniana, Cerithiopsis williamsoni
Type specimen: NHMD 1177238. Its type locality is Vilsund 2, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Brejning Formation of Denmark.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Vilsund 2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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