Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Full reference: L. Marincovich, Jr. 1993. Danian Mollusks from the Prince Creek Formation, Northern Alaska, and implications for arctic ocean paleogeography. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 67(5):1-35
Belongs to Amauropsis according to L. Marincovich 1993
Sister taxa: Amauropsis amoena, Amauropsis anderrsoni, Amauropsis andersoni, Amauropsis aureolutea, Amauropsis caloramans, Amauropsis hantkeni, Amauropsis islandica, Amauropsis jacksonensis, Amauropsis macra, Amauropsis martinezensis, Amauropsis meierensis, Amauropsis notoleptos, Amauropsis paludinaeformis, Amauropsis papodensis, Amauropsis sanctaecrucis, Amauropsis smithiana, Amauropsis subhybrida, Amauropsis trinitatensis, Amauropsis tyrolensis, Natica (Amauropsis) japonica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Prince Creek Fm, Colville River, which is in a Danian estuary/bay mudstone/sandstone in the Prince Creek Formation of Alaska
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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