†Bellatara ankaraensis Islamoglu et al. 2011 (cerith snail)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Full reference: Y. Islamoglu, S. Dominici, and T. Kowalke. 2011. Early Eocene Caenogastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Haymana-Polatli Basin, Central Anatolia (Turkey): taxonomy and palaeoecology. Geodiversitas 33(2):303-330
Belongs to Bellatara according to Y. Islamoglu et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Bellatara gomphoceras, Bellatara lozoueti, Bellatara narica, Bellatara palaeochroma, Cerithium (Bellatara) janus
Type specimen: MTA-Y.İ.-2007-45, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Turkey (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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