†Eocernina hespericosta Zinsmeister 1983 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Full reference: W. J. Zinsmeister. 1983. New Late Paleocene molluscs from the Simi Hills, Ventura County, Califonia. Journal of Paleontology 57(6):1282-1303
Belongs to Eocernina according to W. J. Zinsmeister 1983
Sister taxon: Eocernina hannibali
Type specimen: UCR 7320/4, a shell. Its type locality is Meier Canyon, which is in a Thanetian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Simi Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Meier Canyon
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