Cantharus cowlitzensis Turner 1938 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: F. E. Turner. 1938. Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper (10)1-130

Belongs to Cantharus according to F. E. Turner 1938

Sister taxa: Cantharus (Cantharus), Cantharus (Endopachychilus), Cantharus (Eocantharus), Cantharus (Pollia), Cantharus (Zeapollia), Cantharus andoi, Cantharus arnoldi, Cantharus ashleyi, Cantharus breaensis, Cantharus brongniartianus, Cantharus bucklandi, Cantharus elsmerensis, Cantharus erythrostoma, Cantharus gilberti, Cantharus luliana, Cantharus martiniana, Cantharus occidentalis, Cantharus perrini, Cantharus polygona, Cantharus tranquebaricus, Cantharus varicosus, Cantharus variegatus, Tritonidea (Cantharus) speciosa

Type specimen: UC 33208, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Oregon, Washington collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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