Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Planaxidae
Parent taxon: Fossarinae according to K. Bandel 2006
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Gardner 1947, Martin 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Amplostoma, Couthouyia, Cymenorytis, Larinopsis, Medoriopsis, Micreschara, Postalia, Vouastia, Zeradina
Subtaxa: Fossarus (Isapsis) Fossarus ambiguus Fossarus dalli
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (6 collections), Ecuador (1), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Portugal (12)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (3), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (5: Florida, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Austria (6), France (2), Italy (1), Poland (2), United States (11: Florida, New Jersey, Virginia)
• Eocene of Colombia (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Madagascar (4), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 65 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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