†Volutostrombus eocenica Garvie 2013 (true conch)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Full reference: C. L. Garvie. 2013. New Eocene Mollusca from the Collections of the Texas Natural Science Center. Bulletins of American Paleontology 386:163-177
Belongs to Volutostrombus according to C. L. Garvie 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: TMM NPL46617, a shell. Its type locality is 145-T-52: Two-Mile Creek, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cook Mountain Formation of Texas.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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