Wateletia Cossmann 1889 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae

Alternative spellings: Gladius (Wateletia), Tibia (Wateletia)

Parent taxon: Rostellariidae according to J. M. Pacaud 2008

See also Cossmann 1889, Pacaud 1994 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Africoterebellum, Amekichilus, Amplogladius, Calyptraphorinae, Calyptraphorus, Chedevillia, Cyrtulotibia, Dasyostoma, Digitolabrum, Eotibia, Hippochrenes, Mauryna, Rimellinae, Rimellopsis, Rostellariella, Semiterebellum, Sulcogladius, Terebellomimus, Terebellopsis

Subtaxa: Tibia (Wateletia) geoffroyi Wateletia callosa

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Type: Rostellaria geoffroyi

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (3 collections)

• Paleocene of France (1), Poland (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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