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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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