Anchura Conrad 1860 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Parent taxon: Aporrhaidae according to L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1993

See also Allison 1955, Sepkoski 2002 and Sohl 1964

Sister taxa: Anchurinae, Antarctohoges, Aporrhainae, Araeodactylus, Arrhoginae, Checchiaia, Chenopus, Cultrigera, Diarthema, Dimorphosominae, Disoketa, Drepanochilus, Goniocheila, Harpagodinae, Kangilioptera, Perissopterinae, Peruchilus, Protohemichenopus, Pterocerellinae, Pugnellinae, Spinigerinae, Spinigeropsis, Spinilomatinae, Strombites, Strombopugnellus, Struthiopterinae, Teneposita, Tibiaporrhais, Toarctocera, Trilemma, Tulochilus

Subtaxa: Anchura (Anchura) Anchura ainikta Anchura angulata Anchura baptos Anchura callosa Anchura carinifera Anchura dubius Anchura englishi Anchura falciformis Anchura fusiformis Anchura gabbi Anchura gibbera Anchura halberdopsis Anchura infortunata Anchura monilifera Anchura nanaimoensis Anchura nuptialis Anchura pelsaerti Anchura phaba Anchura requieniana Anchura substriata

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Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Egypt (4 collections), United States (4: California)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Alberta, British Columbia), Germany (2), Indian Ocean (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (15), Mozambique (6), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (12), United States (215: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming), Venezuela (2)

• Jurassic of Germany (1), Saudi Arabia (3)

Total: 275 collections including 304 occurrences

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