Lanistes MONTFORT, 1810
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https://doi.org/ 10.5169/seals-787080 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5838560 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B56A8789-FFE1-E505-0D02-FCB5FE04FB3E |
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Carolina |
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Lanistes MONTFORT, 1810 |
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Genus Lanistes MONTFORT, 1810 View in CoL
Species with a sinistral shell but the animals are dextral (hyperstrophic growth). Modern occurrence is limited to Africa (Nile Delta to Natal) and Madagascar ( Brown 1994), fossil occurrence also includes Arabia (this article). The genus is hence exclusively Afrotropical (Africa + Arabia). The ampullariid genus Mesolanistes YEN, 1945 from Cretaceous-Palaeogene deposits in N. America and S. Asia bears no apparent relationship except that it is also sinistral.
Time range of Lanistes: (Palaeocene) Eocene-Modern ( Mayer-Eymar 1893; Abbas 1967; Gautier 1973).
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