Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Full reference: W. P. Popenoe, L. R. Saul, and T. Susuki. 1987. Gyrodiform gastropods from the Pacific coast Cretaceous and Paleocene. Journal of Paleontology 61(1):70-100
Belongs to Gyrodes according to L. T. Groves and J. M. Alderson 2008
Sister taxa: Gyrodes (Gyrodes), Gyrodes (Hypterita), Gyrodes (Sigaretopsis), Gyrodes (Sohlella), Gyrodes allisoni, Gyrodes amplissima, Gyrodes brunsvicensis, Gyrodes depressa, Gyrodes edura, Gyrodes expansa, Gyrodes globosus, Gyrodes greeni, Gyrodes mahalanobisi, Gyrodes major, Gyrodes onensis, Gyrodes robustus, Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana
Type specimen: UCLA 59773, a shell. Its type locality is CIT Loc. 976 - Corona [Pleasants Sandstone], which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Williams Formation of California.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCLA loc. 7110, Garapito Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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