Charonia guichemerri Lozouet 1998 (triton)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Full reference: P. Lozouet. 1998. Nouvelles espéces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de L'Oligocéne et di Miocéne inférieur de"Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Cossmanniana 5(3-4):61-102

Belongs to Charonia according to P. Lozouet 1998

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Meilhan, which is in an Aquitanian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Falun de Sainte-Avit Formation of France

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Meilhan

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