Tornatina evoluta Waring 1917 (snail)

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae

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 Tornatina according to C. A. Waring 1917

Sister taxa: Tornatina camaronesia, Tornatina munieri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tejon from the McCray Wells (Locality 8 of Waring 1917), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Llajas Formation of California

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tejon from the McCray Wells (Locality 8 of Waring 1917)

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