Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Belongs to Petaloconchus according to Olsson and Harbison 1953
Sister taxa: Petaloconchus (Petaloconchus), Petaloconchus compactus, Petaloconchus complicatus, Petaloconchus domingensis, Petaloconchus intortus, Petaloconchus laddfranklinae, Petaloconchus macrophragma, Petaloconchus mcgintyi, Petaloconchus nigricans, Petaloconchus sculpturatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (11), Panama (5)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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