Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Synonym: Cylindrites Gesner 1758 [replaced name]
Full reference: J. Gründel and A. Nützel. 2012. On the early evolution (Late Triassic to Late Jurassic) of the Architectibranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), with a provisional classification. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 264(1):31-59
Parent taxon: Cylindrobullinidae according to J. Gründel and A. Nützel 2012
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Conactaeon, Cylindrobullina, Euconactaeon, Goniocylindrites, Ptychocylindrites, Sinespirites, Volvocylindrites
Subtaxa: Cylindrites cordeiroi Cylindrites delgadoi Cylindrites deserti Rugalindrites acutus Rugalindrites aequalis Rugalindrites altus Rugalindrites conopsis Rugalindrites cuspidatus Rugalindrites gradatus Rugalindrites kobyi
Type: Acteon cuspidatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Austria (1)
• Jurassic of Egypt (3), Ethiopia (1), France (1), Germany (1), India (1), Jordan (1), Kenya (1), Madagascar (1), Saudi Arabia (5), Somalia (1), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 27 collections including 28 occurrences
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