Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combinations: Pseudoliva vestusa, Sulcobuccinum vetusta

Belongs to Pseudoliva according to M. A. Kosnik 2002

Sister taxa: Pseudoliva (Fusopsis), Pseudoliva adelkei, Pseudoliva binodosa, Pseudoliva bocaserpentis, Pseudoliva coronaria, Pseudoliva elegans, Pseudoliva funkeana, Pseudoliva guppyi, Pseudoliva inornata, Pseudoliva laudunensis, Pseudoliva leutweini, Pseudoliva lutulenta, Pseudoliva modesta, Pseudoliva monilis, Pseudoliva packardi, Pseudoliva perspectiva, Pseudoliva praetermissa, Pseudoliva reticulata, Pseudoliva rogersi, Pseudoliva serrata, Pseudoliva thielei, Pseudoliva tuberculifera, Pseudoliva umpquaensis, Pseudoliva unicarinata

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (170: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)

• Paleocene of United States (15: Alabama, Louisiana)

Total: 187 collections including 188 occurrences

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