Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Alternative combinations: Conchothyra rotunda, Lispodesthes rotundus, Pugnellus rotundus
Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124
Belongs to Lispodesthes according to W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul 1993
See also Hoots 1931, Saul 1991 and Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Lispodesthes magnifica, Lispodesthes zekelii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chico area south of the Santa Monica Mountains (Locality 3 of Waring 1917), which is in a Cretaceous marine sandstone/shale in the Tuna Canyon Formation of California
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (16: California collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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