Cochlis epiglottina Lamarck 1804 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Alternative combination: Natica epiglottina

Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1804. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 5:91-98

Belongs to Cochlis according to E. Robba et al. 2016

See also Lamarck 1804 and Mukerjee 1939

Sister taxa: Cochlis craccoi, Cochlis degrangei, Cochlis epigloafuniculata, Cochlis epiglopardalis, Cochlis infelix, Cochlis mortoni, Cochlis neglecta, Cochlis pseudovittata, Cochlis raropunctata, Cochlis rossii, Cochlis sallomacensis, Cochlis separata, Cochlis tigrina, Natica (Cochlis) othello, Natica (Cochlis) scethra

Subtaxa: Cochlis epiglottina auriformis Natica epiglottina auriformis

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (1 collection), Italy (4)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), France (12), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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