Gyrodes expansa Gabb 1864 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Alternative combination: Gyrodes (Sohlella) expansa

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

Belongs to Gyrodes according to R. B. Stewart 1927

See also Gabb 1864 and Popenoe et al. 1987

Sister taxa: Gyrodes (Gyrodes), Gyrodes (Hypterita), Gyrodes (Sigaretopsis), Gyrodes (Sohlella), Gyrodes allisoni, Gyrodes amplissima, Gyrodes brunsvicensis, Gyrodes depressa, Gyrodes edura, Gyrodes globosus, Gyrodes greeni, Gyrodes mahalanobisi, Gyrodes major, Gyrodes onensis, Gyrodes pacificum, Gyrodes robustus, Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana

Type specimen: ANSP 4245, a shell

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (13: California collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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