Serpulorbis chavani Harris and Palmer 1947 (worm shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae

Full reference: G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer. 1947. The Mollusca of the Mississippi Embayment (Sabine River to the Alabama River). Pt. II. Univalves and index. Bulletins of American Paleontology 30(117):207-563

Belongs to Serpulorbis according to G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer 1947

Sister taxa: Serpulorbis arenaria, Serpulorbis cancellatus, Serpulorbis conicus, Serpulorbis decussatus, Serpulorbis granifera, Serpulorbis imbricatus, Serpulorbis llajasensis, Serpulorbis lornensis, Serpulorbis major, Serpulorbis papulosus, Serpulorbis rudis, Serpulorbis squamulosus

Type specimen: PRI 4612, a shell. Its type locality is PRI Moodys Branch marl locality 10, which is in a Bartonian marine marl in the Moodys Branch Formation of Mississippi.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (6: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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