Chenopus Philippi (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Parent taxon: Aporrhaidae according to G. A. de Cserna 1956

Sister taxa: Anchura, Anchurinae, Antarctohoges, Aporrhainae, Araeodactylus, Arrhoginae, Checchiaia, 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: Chenopus (Maussenetia) Chenopus liratus Chenopus neubaueri Chenopus ornatus Chenopus uttingerianus

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Holy See (Vatican City State) (1 collection), Italy (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Eocene of China (1)

• Paleocene of Mali (1), Niger (2)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (3), Cameroon (2), Mexico (1)

• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2), Israel (1)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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