Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Alternative combinations: Angaria (Angaria) delphinus, Angaria delphinus, Turbo delphinus
Synonyms: Delphinula distorta Linnaeus 1758, Delphinula fossilis Martin 1879, Turbo distorta Linnaeus 1758
Belongs to Delphinula according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006
See also Ladd 1966, Martin 1879, Short and Potter 1987 and van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Angaria (Angaria), Angaria (Pseudoninella), Angaria calvii, Angaria cingulata, Angaria coronata, Angaria crassa, Angaria pakistanica, Angaria scobina, Angaria sphaerula, Delphinula striata, Delphinula spiralis, Delphinula spirorbis, Delphinula warnii, Delphinula canalifera, Delphinula turbinoides, Delphinula gervilii, Delphinula lima, Delphinula plana, Delphinula laciniata, Delphinula varia, Delphinula laevigata, Delphinula sulcata, Delphinula infundibulata, Delphinula calcar
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Guam (1), India (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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