†Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa Wade 1926 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative combination: Ornopsis digressa
Belongs to Ornopsis according to N. F. Sohl 1964
See also Wade 1926
Sister taxa: Ornopsis (Ornopsis), Ornopsis (Pornosis), Ornopsis (Ripleyella), Ornopsis dysis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (8: Delaware, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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