Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Alternative combination: Vermetus (Petaloconchus) sculpturatus
Belongs to Petaloconchus according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Anderson 1929, Barrios 1960, Olsson 1922 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Petaloconchus (Petaloconchus), Petaloconchus compactus, Petaloconchus complicatus, Petaloconchus domingensis, Petaloconchus floridanus, Petaloconchus intortus, Petaloconchus laddfranklinae, Petaloconchus macrophragma, Petaloconchus mcgintyi, Petaloconchus nigricans
Subtaxa: Petaloconchus sculpturatus alcimus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Pliocene of Colombia (3), Costa Rica (2), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (7: Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene of Colombia (19), Ecuador (2), Panama (6), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (9: Florida), Venezuela (4)
Total: 63 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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