†Heligmotoma Mayer-Eymar 1895 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative spelling: Melongena (Heligmotoma)
Parent taxon: Galeodidae according to H. L. Abbass 1967
See also Adegoke 1977, Bohm 1926 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Deussenia, Melongena, Pentzia, Probuccinum, Serrifusus
Subtaxa: Heligmotoma (Douvilletoma) Heligmotoma (Heligmotoma) Heligmotoma clavaeforme Heligmotoma dakhlensis Heligmotoma libycum Heligmotoma sabeti Melongena (Heligmotoma) nilotica
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (2 collections), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1)
• Paleocene of Egypt (3), Mali (1), Nigeria (1)
Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences
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