Anchura ainikta Elder and Saul 1996 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Full reference: W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul. 1996. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Coniacian through Maastrichtian Anchura (Gastropoda; Aporrhaiidae) of the North American Pacific slope. Journal of Paleontology 70(3):381-399

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

Sister taxa: Anchura (Anchura), Anchura angulata, Anchura baptos, Anchura callosa, Anchura carinifera, Anchura dubius, Anchura englishi, Anchura falciformis, 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: USNM 485425, a shell. Its type locality is USGS M8756, Pigeon Point, which is in a Campanian/Campanian submarine fan sandstone in the Pigeon Point Formation of California.

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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