Anchura falciformis Gabb 1864 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Alternative combination: Aporrhais falciformis

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Anchura according to W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul 1996

See also Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869, Stewart 1927 and Taff et al. 1940

Sister taxa: Anchura (Anchura), Anchura ainikta, Anchura angulata, Anchura baptos, Anchura callosa, Anchura carinifera, Anchura dubius, Anchura englishi, Anchura fusiformis, Anchura gabbi, Anchura gibbera, Anchura halberdopsis, Anchura infortunata, Anchura monilifera, Anchura nanaimoensis, Anchura nuptialis, Anchura pelsaerti, Anchura phaba, Anchura requieniana, Anchura substriata

Type specimen: ANSP 4269

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (10: California, Washington collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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