†Benoistia Cossmann 1899 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Brachytrematidae
Alternative spelling: Benoistea
Parent taxon: Brachytrematidae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Givens and Kennedy 1976, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987 and Turner 1938
Sister taxon: Brachytrema
Subtaxa: Benoistia californica Benoistia cantonensis Benoistia umpquaensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (30 collections), Germany (1)
• Eocene of France (3), Spain (21), the United Kingdom (2), United States (9: California, Oregon)
• Paleocene of France (1), Mexico (1), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 71 collections including 76 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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