Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa Wade 1926 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Ornopsis digressa

Belongs to Ornopsis according to N. F. Sohl 1964

See also Wade 1926

Sister taxa: Ornopsis (Ornopsis), Ornopsis (Pornosis), Ornopsis (Ripleyella), Ornopsis dysis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (8: Delaware, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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