Fasciolaria buwaldana Dickerson 1915 (tulip snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Alternative combination: Latirus buwaldana

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 Fasciolaria according to R. E. Dickerson 1915

See also Smith 1975

Sister taxa: Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria), Fasciolaria (Triplofusus), Fasciolaria beaufortensis, Fasciolaria bilineata, Fasciolaria carminamaris, Fasciolaria chatsworthensis, Fasciolaria concinna, Fasciolaria dinglei, Fasciolaria fusilla, Fasciolaria jacksonensis, Fasciolaria juncea, Fasciolaria laeviuscula, Fasciolaria lastroensis, Fasciolaria macdonaldi, Fasciolaria oweni, Fasciolaria petrosa, Fasciolaria plexa, Fasciolaria ramondi, Fasciolaria semistriata, Fasciolaria tulipa

Type specimen: CAS 346, a shell. Its type locality is UW 1, Cowlitz Formation, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (1: Washington collection)

• Paleocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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