Circulus Jeffreys 1842 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae

Alternative spelling: Vitrinella (Circulus)

Parent taxon: Vitrinellidae according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Gardner 1947, Gardner 1948, Harris and Palmer 1947, Lozouet 1998, Marquet 1997, Perrilliat 1972, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 2001

Sister taxa: Adeorbis, Anticlimax, Callomphala, Cochiolepis, Cyclostremiscus, Discopsis, Elachorbis, Episcynia, Microthyca, Parviturboides, Pterolabrella, Vitrinella

Subtaxa: Circulus duminyi Circulus enaulus Circulus estotensis Circulus hennei Circulus liratus Circulus occidentalis Circulus ottonius Circulus paulensis Circulus rakhiensis Circulus sigaretornuformis Circulus striatus Circulus supranitidus Vitrinella (Circulus) striata

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Type: Circulus duminyi

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (3 collections), Ecuador (2), French Polynesia (1), Morocco (1), United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Costa Rica (1), Greece (1), Jamaica (3), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Belgium (3), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (1), France (5), Germany (29), Indonesia (9), the Netherlands (2), Panama (1), United States (7: Florida)

• Oligocene of France (3)

• Eocene of Australia (1), Pakistan (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (9: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)

• Paleocene of Belgium (2), Denmark (1), Germany (1), Greenland (1), United States (1: Maryland)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 103 collections including 148 occurrences

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