Orbitestella palaiopacifica Squires and Goedert 1996 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Orbitestellidae

Full reference: R. L. Squires and J. L. Goedert. 1996. New species of small to minute gastropods of Early Eocene age from the Crescent Formation, Black Hills, Southwest Washington. The Veliger 39(3):226-240

Belongs to Orbitestella according to R. L. Squires and J. L. Goedert 1996

Sister taxa: Orbitestella bastowi, Orbitestella dioi, Orbitestella granulata, Orbitestella patagonica

Type specimen: LACMIP 11365, a shell. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 1563, Larch Mountain area, Black Hills, which is in a Ypresian sand shoal mudstone in the Crescent Formation of Washington.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at CSUN Loc. 1563, Larch Mountain area, Black Hills

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