Cerithiopsis inopinus Hoerle 1972 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae

Full reference: S. E. Hoerle. 1972. Cerithiidae and Potamididae (Mollusca: Gastropoda0 from the Chipola Formation of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(1):1-22

Belongs to Cerithiopsis according to S. E. Hoerle 1972

Sister taxa: Cerithiopsis (Alipta), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsida), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsidella), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsina), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Heterocerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Laskeya), Cerithiopsis aldrichi, Cerithiopsis alternata, Cerithiopsis andersoni, Cerithiopsis aralia, Cerithiopsis bolingerensis, Cerithiopsis calvertensis, Cerithiopsis carmenensis, Cerithiopsis diagona, Cerithiopsis discreta, Cerithiopsis emersoni, Cerithiopsis emersonii, Cerithiopsis excelsus, Cerithiopsis fasteni, Cerithiopsis gemmulosa, Cerithiopsis greenii, Cerithiopsis greggiensis, Cerithiopsis hauniensis, Cerithiopsis jacksonensis, Cerithiopsis lechuzaensis, Cerithiopsis llajasensis, Cerithiopsis meeki, Cerithiopsis mekranica, Cerithiopsis nana, Cerithiopsis newcombei, Cerithiopsis orovillensis, Cerithiopsis palmerae, Cerithiopsis pedroana, Cerithiopsis punjabensis, Cerithiopsis pustuloclathrata, Cerithiopsis stantoni, Cerithiopsis stejnegeri, Cerithiopsis subulata, Cerithiopsis tubercularis, Cerithiopsis veatchiana, Cerithiopsis vinca, Cerithiopsis williamsoni

Type specimen: USNM 646962, a shell. Its type locality is TU 555 - Fourmile Creek [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Florida collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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