Family Orbitestellidae Iredale 1917 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Orbitestellidae

Parent taxon: Valvatoidea according to W. F. Ponder and A. Warén 1988

See also Beesley 1998 and Knight et al. 1960

Sister taxa: Cornirostridae, Hyalogyrinidae, Valvatidae

Subtaxa: Microdiscula Orbitestella Praeorbitestella

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Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)

• Miocene of France (1), Indonesia (3), New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of France (3)

• Eocene of United States (2: Washington)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Jurassic of Germany (1)

Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences

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