Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1854. Fossil Testacea of the Tertiary green-sand and marl-bed of Jackson, Miss. Determined and named by T. A. Conrad. Report on the agriculture and geology of Mississippi 289
Belongs to Caricella according to M. A. Kosnik 2002
See also Conrad 1854, Conrad 1856 and Harris and Palmer 1947
Sister taxa: Caricella bolaris, Caricella demissa, Caricella fenestra, Caricella howei, Caricella ogilviana, Caricella perpinguis, Caricella polita, Caricella pyruloides, Caricella stormsiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (25: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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