Sansonia Jousseaume 1892 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae

Synonyms: Mecoliotia Hedley 1899, Pickworthia Iredale 1917

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

See also Beesley 1998, Kosnik 2002, Le Renard and Bouchet 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ampullosansonia, Astrosanonia, Bleytonella, Chrystella, Clatrosansonia, Discrevinia, Gania, Mareleptopoma, Microliotia, Pelycidiinae, Pickworthiinae, Reynellona, Sherboniinae, Sherbornia, Sherborniinae, Tinianella, Urceolabrum

Subtaxa: Pickworthia andrewsi Pickworthia kirkpatricki Sansonia alisonae Sansonia crassitesta

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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