Alternative spelling: Amalthaea
Parent taxon: Gastropoda according to C. L. Moody 1916
Sister taxa: Achatina, Acteonoidea, Admetidae, Alamirifica, Alectrionidae, Amphigastropoda, Archaeobranchia, Architectonicidae, Auroraella, Beekmanoceras, Bellerophontida, Brachycerithium, Briardia, Bucardites, Buccinites, Bulimella, Bulimulidae, Bulimus, Bullaea, Caenogastropoda, Capulus sellardsi, Catubrina, Cavolinioidea, Chartrionella, Chippewaella, Chlathrus, Chrysodomidae, Chuchleconus, Cithna, Clathromangelia, Cocculiniformia, Cyclostoma, Deroceras, Dextrobranchia, Dicathais, Dicosmus, Doliidae, Dorcasiidae, Elmira, Eogastropoda, Eunerinea, Fruiticicoiidae, Gadinidae, Galeodea schencki, Galericulus, Geinitzia, Geinitzia carinata, Globulitopa, Gordenella, Gryphellina, Gundlachia, Hecatastoma, Helicarionoidea, Helicidae, Helicites, Helictes, Helminthoglyptidae, Holyneconcha, Hyalaea, Hyalinia, Hyrcania, Isaea, Iteria, Jeffreysia, Juliidae, Liris, Lovonemetrida, Luoguella, Luoguispira, Lymnaea, Lysechinus, Lysechinus incongruens, Mahajangina, Mathildidae, Microceras, Microcochlis, Mitrularia, Monotigma, Neomphaliones, Neptuneidae, Nerinea, Neritaemorpha, Neritimorpha, Neritites, Notodelphinula, Opisthobranchia, Opisthonematidae, Orthogastropoda, Patellogastropoda, Patelloidea, Pectinibranchia, Pejona, Peraubium, Permoplanorboidea, Phorus, Pitonnellus, Planorboidea, Platyostomella, Platystoma, Plectopyloidea, Pleurotomaria verticillata, Pleurotomaria verticillata, Pleurotomaria viola, Plicatusidae, Polygyridae, Pragoserpulinidae, Prasinidae, Prosobranchia, Pseudobrochidium, Pseudotylostoma, Ptenoglossa, Pteronotus, Pteropoda, Pulmonata, Pupillacea, Pyramidellidae, Pythia, Rhytidopilidae, Rotellina, Rugoplanorboidella, Scalariidae, Serpulopsis, Spiraxidae, Spirgvaleia, Streptoneura, Stuorilda, Subulinidae, Suprazonalia, Taeniodomus, Thatcheriidae, Tirolthilda, Tornatella, Tortifusus, Toxonema, Tripartella, Trochifusus, Trochiletes, Trochopsis, Trochotremaria, Trochulus, Turbo guadalupensis, Turbo texana, Urocoptidae, Valvata, Vespertilio, Vetigastropoda, Wellingtonia, Zlichovia
Subtaxa: Amalthea marylandica
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mozambique (1 collection), South Africa (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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