Pseudofax costellatus Griffin and Hünicken 1994 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: M. Griffin and M. A. Hünicken. 1994. Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary Gastropods from Southwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 68(2):257-274

Belongs to Pseudofax according to M. Griffin and M. A. Hünicken 1994

Sister taxa: Pseudofax ordinarius, Pseudofax paucus, Pseudofax solitaria, Pseudofax suroinflatus, Pseudofax weddellensis

Type specimen: MLP 25880, a shell. Its type locality is Sierra Dorotea SFM, level q, which is in a Danian marine sandstone in the Cerro Dorotea Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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