†Melapium hawthornei Kensley and Pether 1986 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225
Belongs to Melapium according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SAM-PQ-KN549, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (1 collection)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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