Paleopsephaea tenuilirata Sohl 1964 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Full reference: N. F. Sohl. 1964. Neogastropoda, Opisthobranchia, and Basommatophora from the Ripley, Owl Creek, and Prairie Bluff Formations. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 331(B):153-344

Belongs to Paleopsephaea according to N. F. Sohl 1964

Sister taxa: Paleopsephaea mutabilis, Paleopsephaea nodoprosta, Paleopsephaea pergracilis, Paleopsephaea sacramentica, Voluta (Paleopsephaea) sulcata

Type specimen: USNM 130317, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sohl 018 (Cretaceous of Mississippi)

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