†Turbella elegans Palmer 1923 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Full reference: D. B. K. Palmer. 1923. A fauna from the Middle Eocene shales near Vacaville, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(8):289-318
Belongs to Turbella according to D. B. K. Palmer 1923
Sister taxa: Rissoa (Turboella) curticostata, Rissoa (Turboella) obsoleta, Turboella acuticosta, Turboella turbinata
Type specimen: UCMP 30605, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville
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