Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184
Belongs to Ataphrus according to H. Douvillé 1916
Sister taxa: Ataphrus (Ataphrus), Ataphrus acmon, Ataphrus compactus, Ataphrus crassus, Ataphrus folcoi, Ataphrus howsei, Ataphrus labadyei, Ataphrus marschmidti, Ataphrus naricopsiformis, Ataphrus ovulatus, Ataphrus pembertoni, Ataphrus planulatus, Ataphrus wawalensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Small Fossils), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in Egypt
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Gebel Aroussieh (Small Fossils)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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