Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Full reference: G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer. 1947. The Mollusca of the Mississippi Embayment (Sabine River to the Alabama River). Pt. II. Univalves and index. Bulletins of American Paleontology 30(117):207-563
Belongs to Scaphander according to G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer 1947
Sister taxa: Bulla (Scaphander) elegans, Scaphander (Mirascapha), Scaphander (Scaphander), Scaphander alaskensis, Scaphander brevicula, Scaphander impunctatus, Scaphander interruptus, Scaphander javanus, Scaphander jugularis, Scaphander nannus, Scaphander oligoturritus, Scaphander polysarcus, Scaphander radii, Scaphander rarus, Scaphander remondi, Scaphander stewarti, Scaphander washingtonensis
Type specimen: PRI 20015. Its type locality is PRI 785, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Moodys Branch Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Panama (4 collections), United States (12: Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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