†subfamily Dimorphosominae Kollmann 2009 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Full reference: H. A. Kollmann. 2009. A Late Cretaceous Aporrhaidae-dominated gastropod assemblage from the Gosau Group of the Pletzach Alm near Kramsach (Tyrol, Austria). With an appendix on the taxonomy of Mesozoic Aporrhaidae and their position in the superfamily Stromboidea. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie 111(A):33-71

Parent taxon: Aporrhaidae according to H. A. Kollmann 2009

Sister taxa: Anchura, Anchurinae, Antarctohoges, Aporrhainae, Araeodactylus, Arrhoginae, Checchiaia, Chenopus, Cultrigera, Diarthema, Disoketa, Drepanochilus, Goniocheila, Harpagodinae, Kangilioptera, Perissopterinae, Peruchilus, Protohemichenopus, Pterocerellinae, Pugnellinae, Spinigerinae, Spinigeropsis, Spinilomatinae, Strombites, Strombopugnellus, Struthiopterinae, Teneposita, Tibiaporrhais, Toarctocera, Trilemma, Tulochilus

Subtaxa: Cuphotifer Dimorphosoma Pietteia

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Japan (1), the United Kingdom (4)

• Jurassic of Germany (4), Hungary (1), India (8), Israel (1), Italy (4), Kenya (1), Poland (1), Portugal (13), Saudi Arabia (5), Spain (20), Tanzania (2), Tunisia (3), Yemen (2)

Total: 71 collections including 74 occurrences

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