Re: help Hipponix cornucopiae

[Jacques.Verniers@xxxxxxxxx]

> Date:          Thu, 12 Jun 1997 06:04:40 -0700 (PDT)
> Reply-to:      paleonet@ucmp1.berkeley.edu
> From:          Sergio Martinez <smart@fcien.edu.uy>

> Do anybody know the distribution of Hipponix cornucopiae (Lamarck) 
> (Gastropoda) from the Eocene? I can not find any reference.
> Thank you!


The species was originally described from the Lutetian in France 
(three localities around Paris: Chaumont, Grignon, Mouchy and also 
more to the south in the Loire Atlantique and the Medoc). Seemingly 
it is also found in the Bartonian. We found this information in A. 
Chavan & H. Montocchio 1960. Fossiles Classiques, Enchainements et 
determination. Societe d'edition d'Enseignement Superieur, Paris. 
France. 

Dr. Dirk Van Damme
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