Heteroterma Gabb 1869 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae

Alternative spelling: Heterotrema

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205

Parent taxon: Tudiclidae according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004

See also Popenoe and Saul 1987, Saul 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Weidemeyer et al. 2006 and Zinsmeister 1983

Sister taxa: Rapopsis, Tudiclana

Subtaxa: Heteroterma acrita Heteroterma elegans Heteroterma trochoidea Heterotrema striata

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Type: Heteroterma trochoidea

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (19), New Zealand (4), United States (11: California)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (6), United States (2: California)

Total: 45 collections including 47 occurrences

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