Ameranella kewi Dickerson 1915 (triton shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Alternative combinations: Gyrineum kewi, Nyctilochus kewi

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98

Belongs to Ameranella according to A. G. Beu 2010

See also Anderson and Hanna 1925

Sister taxa: Ameranella terrysmithae, Ameranella verruculosa

Type specimen: UCMP 11054, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 458, Grapevine Creek, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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