Epitonium (Sthenorytis) ventricosum Clark 1918 (wentletrap)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae

Alternative combination: Epitonium ventricosum

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Epitonium (Sthenorytis) according to J. W. Durham 1937

See also Clark 1918

Sister taxa: Epitonium (Sthenorytis) crescentense, Epitonium (Sthenorytis) stearnsii, Scala (Sthenorytis) expansa, Scala (Sthenorytis) pachypleura, Sthenorhytis antiguense, Sthenorhytis grenadinarum, Sthenorytis dianae, Sthenorytis proglobosa, Sthenorytis turbinus

Type specimen: UCMP 11240

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Epitonium (Sthenorytis) ventricosum in the database

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