Cretaceous

• Lower Cretaceous
  • Aptian

The Kimigahama Formation in the Choshi area (Japan) belongs to the Aptian and Baremian. The following Stromboidea are found there:

• Ceratosiphon densestriatus Kase & Maeda, 1980
• Perissoptera elegans Kase & Maeda, 1980
• Pietteia cretacea Kase & Maeda, 1980

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