Gyrodes allisoni Murphy and Rodda 1960 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Full reference: M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda. 1960. Mollusca of the Cretaceous Bald Hills Formation of California. Journal of Paleontology 34(5):835-858

Belongs to Gyrodes according to M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda 1960

See also Popenoe et al. 1987

Sister taxa: Gyrodes (Gyrodes), Gyrodes (Hypterita), Gyrodes (Sigaretopsis), Gyrodes (Sohlella), Gyrodes amplissima, Gyrodes brunsvicensis, Gyrodes depressa, Gyrodes edura, Gyrodes expansa, Gyrodes globosus, Gyrodes greeni, Gyrodes mahalanobisi, Gyrodes major, Gyrodes onensis, Gyrodes pacificum, Gyrodes robustus, Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana

Type specimen: UCLA 28629. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3464, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCLA loc. 3464

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