Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Busycon blakei, Perissolax blakei
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1855. Report Of Mr. T. A. Conrad On The Fossil Shells Collected In California By Wm. P. Blake, Geologist Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineers. Description of the fossils and shells collected in California by William P. Blake, Geologist of the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California. under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson, In 1853-54. Article 1 of Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report of WIlliam P. Blake, Geologist of the Survey in California Under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson. Palæontology 5-21
Belongs to Pseudoperissolax according to R. L. Squires 2015
See also Clark 1918, Conrad 1855, Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869, Hanna 1927, Nagao 1928, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Stanton 1896, Stewart 1927, Turner 1938 and Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Pseudoperissolax iseakai, Pseudoperissolax merriami, Pseudoperissolax tricarnatus, Pseudoperissolax trophonoides, Tudicla (Pseudoperissolax) hourqui
Subtaxa: Pseudoperissolax blakei praeblakei
Distribution:
• Eocene of Japan (3 collections), United States (32: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.