Dorsanum Gray 1847 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Parent taxon: Pseudolivinae according to R. Rivera 1957

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Benthobia, Fulmentum, Hubachia, Hydrotribulus, Luizia, Naudoliva, Popenoeum, Pseudoliva, Ptychosyca, Strepsidura, Strepturidae, Sulcoliva, Zemira

Subtaxa: Dorsanum (Dorsanum) Dorsanum lagunitensis Dorsanum parinense Dorsanum plicatum Dorsanum politum Dorsanum scalatum

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Type: Buccinum politum

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (5 collections), the Czech Republic (4), France (2), Germany (1), Iran (1), Romania (1)

• Eocene of Peru (7), United States (13: Alabama, Texas)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Louisiana)

Total: 35 collections including 46 occurrences

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