Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Alternative spelling: Cymatium (Septa)
Synonym: Simpulum Fabricius 1823
Parent taxon: Ranellinae according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Beu 2005, Ladd 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1983, Squires 1984 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Ameranella, Crassicymatium, Cymatona, Fusitriton, Gutturinium, Gyrineum, Halgyrineum, Priene, Ranularia, Reticutriton, Turritriton
Subtaxa: Cymatium (Septa) janetae Septa landaui Septa occidentalis Septa ogygia Septa rubecula Simpulum antillarum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), the Marshall Islands (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Fiji (1)
• Oligocene of Panama (1)
• Eocene of United States (5: California)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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