Gegania Jeffreys 1884 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae

Synonyms: Gegania (Tubena) Marwick 1943, Tubena Marwick 1943

Parent taxon: Mathildidae according to G. Wienrich and R. Janssen 2007

See also Beu et al. 1990, Dockery 1993, Gardner 1947, Harris and Palmer 1947, Ladd 1972, Maxwell 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Sohl 1964

Sister taxa: Acrocoelum, Angulathilda, Bathraspira, Carinathilda, Echinimathilda, Eomathilda, Erratothilda, Fimbriatella, Franconicilda, Gymnothilda, Jurilda, Kaitangata, Lemniscolittorina, Mathilda, Protuba, Scalituba, Siphonilda, Spironema, Tangarilda, Teretrina, Toulminella, Tricarilda, Tuba, Veterator

Subtaxa: Gegania antiquata Gegania mississippiensis Gegania vibrayeana Tuba bella Tuba manzaneti

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (2 collections), Italy (2), United States (3: Florida)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2), France (1), New Zealand (3), Tonga (1), United States (72: Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (1), Greenland (2), United States (3: Maryland, Texas)

• Cretaceous of France (1), Israel (1), United States (39: Alabama, Delaware, Kansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 134 collections including 140 occurrences

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