Ringicula (Ringicula) cockburnensins Zinsmeister and Stilwell 1990 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

Full reference: W. J. Zinsmeister and J. D. Stilwell. 1990. First record of the family Ringiculidae (Gastropoda) from the middle Tertiary of Antarctica. Journal of Paleontology 64(3):373-376

Belongs to Ringicula (Ringicula) according to W. J. Zinsmeister and J. D. Stilwell 1990

Sister taxa: Ringicula (Ringicula) pinguis, Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cockburn Island, which is in an Eocene shallow subtidal sandstone in Antarctica

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cockburn Island

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