†Pyktes Popenoe 1983 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Full reference: W. P. Popenoe. 1983. Cretaceous Aporrhaidae from California: Aporrhainae and Arrhoginae. Journal of Paleontology 57(4):742-765
Parent taxon: Pugnellinae according to H. A. Kollmann 2009
See also Popenoe 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bizarrus, Gymnarus, Lispodesthes, Perustrombus, Pugnellus, Tephlon, Torgnellus, Tundora
Subtaxa: Pyktes aspris Pyktes daiphron Pyktes hamulus Pyktes triphyllon
Type: Pyktes aspris
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (24: Arizona, California collections)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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