Avellana d'Orbigny 1842 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

Alternative spelling: Cinulia (Avellana)

Parent taxon: Ringiculidae according to W. P. Popenoe 1957

See also Böhm 1891 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Biplica, Cinulia, Eriptycha, Gilbertina, Microglyphis, Oligoptycha, Ringicula, Ringinella

Subtaxa: Avellana buechneri Avellana elongata Avellana mathewsonii Avellana subcrassata Cinulia (Avellana) serrata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Egypt (4 collections)

• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Austria (1), Egypt (1), France (10), Germany (4), Indian Ocean (1), Japan (4), Mozambique (6), Poland (7), South Africa (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Switzerland (4), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (12: Alabama, Delaware, New Jersey)

Total: 63 collections including 76 occurrences

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