Bittium (Bittium) paleonotum Stilwell et al. 2004 (cerith snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae

Full reference: J. D. Stilwell, W. J. Zinsmeister, and A. E. Oleinik. 2004. Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance. Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

Belongs to Bittium (Bittium) according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Bittium (Bittium) estellensis, Bittium (Bittium) samaranganum

Type specimen: USNM 511848. Its type locality is Locality 1581 - Sobral Fm, Seymour Island, which is in a Danian offshore sandstone in the Sobral Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Locality 1581 - Sobral Fm, Seymour Island

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