Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Full reference: J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55
Belongs to Neptunea according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992
Sister taxa: Neptunea (Neptunea), Neptunea (Sulcosipho), Neptunea (Trophonopsis), Neptunea alaquaensis, Neptunea cretacea, Neptunea despecta, Neptunea diminuta, Neptunea gracilis, Neptunea humboldtiana, Neptunea ithia, Neptunea lyrata, Neptunea modestoidea, Neptunea stonei, Chrysodomus clallamensis, Chrysodomus burroensis, Chrysodomus patuxentensis, Chrysodomus packardi, Chrysodomus chikuzenensis, Chrysodomus pulcherrimus, Chrysodomus martini, Chrysodomus cierboensis, Chrysodomus lincolnensis, Chrysodomus ruckmani, Chrysodomus hannibali, Chrysodomus altispiratus, Chrysodomus asakuraensis, Chrysodomus (Sipho), Chrysodomus buwaldi, Chrysodomus diabloensis, Chrysodomus pabloensis
Type specimen: USNM 441758, a shell. Its type locality is IPS 443, Seymour Island, which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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