Benoistia Cossmann 1899 (snail)

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

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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

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