Dorsanum bellaliratum Gabb 1861 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Alternative combinations: Buccinum (Buccitriton) bellaliratum, Phos bellaliratus, Sagenella bellalirata

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1861. Descriptions of New Species of American Tertiary Fossils and a New Carboniferous Cephalopod from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13:367-372

Belongs to Dorsanum according to W. D. Allmon 1990

See also Antonio and Gregorio 1890, Conrad 1866, Gabb 1861 and Palmer and Brann 1966

Sister taxa: Dorsanum (Dorsanum), Dorsanum lagunitensis, Dorsanum parinense, Dorsanum plicatum, Dorsanum politum, Dorsanum scalatum

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at PRI 1423 (Eocene of Alabama)

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