Protobusycon judithae Saul 1988 (snail)

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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