Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative combinations: Buccinum (Phos) texanum, Phos texanum, Sagenella texana
Synonyms: Buccitriton altum Conrad 1965, Buccitriton altus Conrad 1965
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 Buccitriton according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1966
See also Antonio and Gregorio 1890, Conrad 1866 and Gabb 1861
Sister taxon: Buccitriton sagenum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (73: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 73 collections each including a single occurrence
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