Strepsidura ficus Gabb 1864 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Whitneya ficus

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Strepsidura according to R. L. Squires 1987

See also Anderson and Hanna 1925, Dickerson 1915, Gabb 1864, Squires 1984 and Stewart 1927

Sister taxa: Fusus (Strepsidura) perlatus, Strepsidura (Eamesidura), Strepsidura cossmanni, Strepsidura diabloensis, Strepsidura gracilis, Strepsidura howardi, Strepsidura kerstingi, Strepsidura pachecoensis, Strepsidura pacifica, Strepsidura polaris, Strepsidura soldadensis, Strepsidura spirata

Type specimen: ANSP 4331 (lectotype)

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (18: California, Texas collections)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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