Cerithiella ouachitensis Harris and Palmer 1947 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae

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

Sister taxa: Cerithiella (Cerithiella), Cerithiella (Stilus), Cerithiella aequalirata, Cerithiella elongata, Cerithiella limula, Cerithiella nodoliratum, Cerithiella semirugatum

Type specimen: PRI 4617, a shell. Its type locality is PRI 8, which is in a Bartonian marine marl in the Moodys Branch Formation of Louisiana.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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