†Protobusycon judithae Saul 1988 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Full reference: L. R. Saul. 1988. Latest Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Tudiclidae and Melongenidae (Gastropoda) From the Pacific Slope of North-America. Journal of Paleontology 62(6):880-889
Belongs to Protobusycon according to L. R. Saul 1988
Sister taxa: Protobusycon binodosum, Protobusycon cretaceum
Type specimen: LACMIP 7612, a shell. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 26456, Panoche Creek, which is in a Selandian marine horizon in the Lodo Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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