Mexfusus rotundicostatus Vermeij et al. 2004 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda

Full reference: G. J. Vermeij, G. S. Herbert, F. J. Vega and M. C. Perrilliat. 2004. Mexfusus rotundicostatus, a New Genus and Species of Neogastropod from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 78(6):1123-1127

Belongs to Mexfusus according to G. J. Vermeij et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGM 8155, a shell. Its type locality is IGM 2940, N. of Temalac, which is in a Maastrichtian marine marl/sandstone in the Mexcala Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at IGM 2940, N. of Temalac

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