Tritonium centrosum Cope 1867 (triton)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Alternative combination: Bursa centrosa

Belongs to Tritonium according to G. C. Martin 1904

Sister taxa: Charonia (Charonia), Charonia guichemerri, Charonia lampas, Charonia multinodosa, Charonia sauliae, Charonia tritonis, Charonia univaricosum, Charonia variegata, Charonia weisbordi, Triton obscurus, Triton crassidens, Triton sexcostatus, Triton cribrosus, Triton mississpiensis, Triton heptagonum, Triton obscurus, Triton buccinoides, Triton ovoideus, Triton elegans, Triton atavus, Triton oligostirus, Triton connectens, Triton abbreviatus, Triton quoyi, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium martinezensis, Tritonium (Lagena), Tritonium impressum, Tritonium buwaldi, Tritonium eocenicum

Type specimen: Its type locality is James T. Thomas estate, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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