Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae
Full reference: E. C. Allison. 1955. Middle Cretaceous gastropoda from Punta China, Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 29(3):400-432
Belongs to Tectus according to E. C. Allison 1955
Sister taxa: Tectus (Rochia), Tectus (Tectus), Tectus cognatus, Tectus fenestratus, Tectus guerangeri, Tectus insignis, Tectus japonicus, Tectus loryi, Tectus lucasianus, Tectus plicatoides, Tectus pyramis, Tectus tjilonganensis, Tectus vulgatus, Trochus (Tectus) marshalli
Type specimen: UCMP 33415. Its type locality is Alisitos Fm. (UCB A-8321), which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Alisitos Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Alisitos Fm. (UCB A-8321)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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