Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98
Belongs to Surcula according to R. E. Dickerson 1915
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula bulwaldana, Turricula burroensis, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula decipiens, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula merriami, Surcula culleni, Surcula karenaica, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula labiata, Surcula mayi, Surcula marylandica, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula holwayi, Surcula andersoni, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula piura, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula ingens, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula africana, Surcula clarki, Surcula birmanica, Surcula iravadica, Surcula wateleti, Surcula sullana
Type specimen: UCMP 11057, a partial shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 458, Grapevine Creek, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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