†Ancistrolepis packardi Durham 1944 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1944. Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27:101 -212
Belongs to Ancistrolepis according to J. W. Durham 1944
Sister taxa: Ancistrolepis (Ancistrolepis), Ancistrolepis carolineae, Ancistrolepis clarki, Ancistrolepis jimgoederti, Ancistrolepis landesi, Ancistrolepis rateginensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP A3696, Marrowstone Island, which is in a Rupelian deep-water shale in the Marrowstone Formation of Washington
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP A3696, Marrowstone Island
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