Tritonidea Sowerby 1842 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Parent taxon: Buccinidae according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Accidenticulabrum, Agasoma, Aliofusus, Amarophos, Anomalisipho, Aquilofusus, Austrocominella, Babylonia, Bailya, Beringiinae, Bolis, Brachysphingus, Buccininae, Buccinopsis, Buccitriton, Burnupena, Cantharus, Cymatophos, Cyrtochetus, Dipsaccus, Donovaniinae, Editharus, Egotistica, Eobuccinella, Euthrenopsis, Hanetia, Hindsia, Janiopsis, Kaiparanura, Kergipenion, Khetella, Lacinia, Laevibuccinum, Latrunculus, Loochooia, Metaphos, Metula, Misifulgur, Monoptygma, Monostiolum, Nawenia, Neosconsia, Neptuneinae, Nicema, Odontobasis, Ornopsis, Pangoa, Paracominia, Parancistrolepidinae, Parkeristoma, Parvisipho, Pegocomptus, Perunassa, Pisaninae, Plicifusus, Pomahakia, Pseudofulgur, Pseudolivinae, Pseudoneptunea, Ptychosalpinx, Sagenella, Scalaspira, Searlesia, Siphonaliinae, Stantonella, Suessionia, Suessonia, Terebrifusus, Trominina, Truncaria, Varicosipho, Volutopsiinae, Wrigleya, Zaglenum, Zelandiella

Subtaxa: Tritonidea africana Tritonidea borcherti Tritonidea conoidea Tritonidea heptagona Tritonidea ickei Tritonidea kreyenhageni Tritonidea praeundosa Tritonidea promensis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Brazil (3), Myanmar (2)

• Eocene of France (1), Indonesia (1), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Louisiana)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (2), Nigeria (1), United States (4: Louisiana)

Total: 23 collections including 26 occurrences

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